How Does Diabetes Effects The Body
Health Encyclopedia: Diabetes Diet Introduction
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Introduction
The two major forms of diabetes are type 1, previously called insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) or juvenile-onset diabetes, and type 2, previously called non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) or maturity-onset diabetes. [For more details, see In-Depth Report #9: Diabetes - type 1 and Report #60: Diabetes - type 2.]
Insulin
Both type 1 and type 2 diabetes share one central feature: elevated blood sugar (glucose) levels due to absolute or relative insufficiencies of in...
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Expert & Community Posts
Diabetes, High Blood Pressure and Cholesterol: How One Condition Impacts the Other
By Larry Weinrauch , Health Expert...better by weight loss? As weight and especially total body fat increases, the human being... Read more »
The Times on Type 2 Diabetes: Part I
By Gretchen Becker , Health ExpertThe Times on Type 2 Diabetes Part 1 of 2 Blaming the Patient Well it's about time! ... Read more »
Glucagon
By Gretchen Becker , Health Expert...drugs that increase the amount of insulin your own body produces or that slow down the digestion... Read more »
Comparing Insulins for Type 2s
By David Mendosa , Health Expert...eat, the exercise you get, and the stress that your body is under. And unlike diabetes pills,... Read more »
Hydroxychloroquine May Reduce Risk of Type 2 Diabetes
By Christine Miller , Health Expert...diseases. In type-2 diabetes, the formerly healthy body either stops producing enough insulin... Read more »
Health Guide
What do I need to know about diabetes?"
Diabetes is called a disorder of metabolism. More simply put, diabetes keeps your body from properly utilizing the sugar obtained from food. Your body changes most of the food you eat into a form of... Read more »Canadian Scientists find cure for diabetes in mice
Canadian scientists say they have proof the body’s nervous system helps trigger diabetes. The research finds that defective nerve endings in mice attract immune system proteins that can mistakenly... Read more »Type 2 Diabetes
...to insufficiencies of insulin, a hormone produced by the pancreas. Insulin is a key regulator of the body's metabolism. It works in the following way:During and immediately after a meal the... Read more »Questions about Diabetes and Nutrition
...reduce my chances of getting the disease? If you have not been diagnosed with Diabetes than your body is making enough insulin to clear the sugar that you are consuming out of your blood... Read more »Type 1 Diabetes: diabetes mellitus, juvenile diabetes
...relative insufficiencies of insulin, a hormone produced by the pancreas. Insulin is a key regulator of the body's metabolism. It works in the following way:During and immediately after a meal the... Read more »Images
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Medications
...diabetes). It works by stimulating the release of your body's natural insulin. Controlling high... Read more »
...sulfonylureas. It works by stimulating the release of your body's natural insulin, thereby... Read more »
...(non-insulin-dependent diabetes). It works by helping to restore your body's proper response to... Read more »
...ways, especially by stimulating the release of the body's natural insulin in response to high... Read more »
...diabetes). Rosiglitazone works by helping to restore your body's proper response to insulin,... Read more »
Related News
Fighting Type 2 Diabetes
December 29, 2006BOSTON (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- Nearly 21 million people in the United States are living with diabetes, and as many as 95 percent of diabetics... Read summary »
Predicting Your Risk for Diabetes
November 02, 2007(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A high level of C-reactive protein (CRP) can increase your risk for type 2 diabetes along with several commonly known risk... Read summary »
Diabetes Treatment Shows Promise
September 02, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Experiments using human blood cells have confirmed the mechanism behind a potential new treatment for people with type 1... Read summary »
Hormone may act Like Insulin
November 12, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Type 2 diabetics and those with any kind of insulin resistance may have a new option for controlling blood sugar levels. A... Read summary »
Common Diabetic Therapy Reduces Risk of Pancreatic Cancer
September 30, 2009(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Taking the most commonly-prescribed anti-diabetic drug, metformin, reduces the risk of developing pancreatic cancer by 62... Read summary »
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