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Health Encyclopedia: Type 2 Diabetes Risk Factors

Risk Factors

Over 19 million Americans have diabetes; up to 95% of these cases are type 2. In addition, 26% of Americans age 20 and older (and 40% of Americans age 65 and older) have impaired fasting glucose, a pre-diabetes condition that increases the risk for diabetes. According to a 2006 study, a total of 73 million Americans either have diabetes or are at risk of developing it.

Historically, type 2 diabetes usually developed after the age of 40, but it is now also increasing in children. Given...

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Expert & Community Posts

Hydroxychloroquine May Reduce Risk of Type 2 Diabetes

By Christine Miller , Health Expert

...hydroxychloroquine and a decreased risk of developing type-2 diabetes. Hydroxychloroquine has... Read more »

Flatbush diabetes

By Gretchen Becker , Health Expert

...mutation in only one gene causes the disease, and the affected gene is dominant, meaning that... Read more »

Thinking About Genes

By Gretchen Becker , Health Expert

...and I had mutations in the same gene, we might be affected differently. Considering all the... Read more »

I is for Insulin

By David Mendosa , Health Expert

...yet, in 1995.The current (June-July 2007) issue of Diabetes Health covers the question in Linda... Read more »

Two Types

By Gretchen Becker , Health Expert

One sad aspect of the diabetes world is the way people with the two major types of diabetes -- ... Read more »

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Health Guide

Meet Ginger Vieira

...funny person I meet—everything. When I told people I would be writing blogs about living with Type 1 diabetes, most people replied with, “How long can you really write about that? Won’t you... Read more »

Pre-Diabetes Risks, Symptoms & Prevention

Pre-diabetes is a health condition that carries no symptoms. Commonly referred to as "impaired glucose tolerance," approximately 54 million people in the United States twenty years and... Read more »

Diabetes Diagnosis Advice -- dealing with a diabetes diagnosis

Sorry to hear that you have joined us! Type 2 diabetes is a lot to live with, but it is really manageable! And if you are depressed, I can understand. Being depressed is pretty common with us,... Read more »

Type 2 Diabetes: Causes - Insulin Resistance

CausesType 2 diabetes is caused by a complicated interplay of genes, environment, insulin abnormalities, increased glucose production in the liver, increased fat breakdown, and possibly defective... Read more »

Diabetes in Children: Myths and Facts

Myth: Children with diabetes should not eat anything with sugar in it.Fact: This was true years ago, before carb counting was invented. But times have changed, and it’s not sugar we’re worried... Read more »

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Medications

Meridia Oral Uses and How to Use

... or control complications such as heart disease, diabetes, and joint pain. Sibutramine works... Read more »

Phentermine Oral Uses and How to Use

...that come with obesity, including heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, and a shorter... Read more »

Cymbalta Oral Uses and How to Use

...nerve pain (peripheral neuropathy) in people with diabetes. It is also used to treat pain caused... Read more »

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(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Researchers have uncovered a fourth antibody that can better predict who is at risk for type 1 diabetes. Type-1 diabetes is an... Read summary »

Diabetes Risks Could Start in the Womb

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(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- The identification of a new mutation associated with type 2 diabetes suggests abnormal sleep patterns could be linked to... Read summary »

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Arsenic Linked to Diabetes?

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