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Health Encyclopedia: Type 1 Diabetes
- Type 1 Diabetes
- Highlights
- Type 1 Diabetes: Introduction
- Causes
- Type 1 Diabetes: Risk Factors
- Type 1 Diabetes Symptoms
- Life-Threatening Complications
Long-Term Complications
Type 1 diabetes reduces the normal life span by an average of 5 to 8 years. However, survival rates are improving in all ethnic groups and both genders. Longer survival rates are probably due to improvements in monitoring and tighter control of blood glucose. There are two important approaches to preventing complications from type 1 diabetes:
- Intensive control of blood glucose and keeping glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) levels below 7.0. This approach is proving to prevent ...
Expert & Community Posts
FDA Advisors advise continued access to Avandia
By Dr. Bill Quick , Health Expert...Avandia increases cardiac ischemic risk in type 2 diabetes mellitus? If yes, is there... Read more »
Two Types
By Gretchen Becker , Health ExpertOne sad aspect of the diabetes world is the way people with the two major types of diabetes -- ... Read more »
Not Your Grandma's Diabetes
By Svati , Health Expert...response I have ever heard after telling someone I have diabetes is: "Oh, my grandmother has... Read more »
I Just Don’t Want To Be Different
By Beth McNamara , Health Expert...the hallway at school and have someone yell, "Hey Diabetes!" or "Yo, Insulin!" Yet, at the same... Read more »
Avandia Questions
By Dr. Bill Quick , Health Expert...one of two currently-available drugs in a class of diabetes medications called "TZDs"... 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 »Type 1 Diabetes Symptoms
...can be a long and insidious one. At the point when insulin production bottoms out, however, type 1 diabetes usually appears suddenly and progresses quickly. Warning signs of type 1 diabetes... Read more »Diabetes: Type 2: Emergency Complications
Emergency ComplicationsHypoglycemiaPeople with diabetes who need to intensively control glucose levels are at risk for low blood sugar (hypoglycemia). Hypoglycemia, also called insulin shock,... Read more »Type 2 Diabetes: Highlights
...clinical trials. Researchers are studying them in combination with metformin or thiazolidinediones.Diabetes and High Blood PressureA thiazide-type diuretic works as well as an ACE inhibitor or... Read more »Carotid Artery Disease
...· Maintain healthy blood pressure · Stop smoking· Control diabetes· Manage cholesterol levels· Maintain a healthy... Read more »Images
Medications
...sugar level rise, therefore causing or worsening diabetes. This high blood sugar can rarely... Read more »
...blood sugar level rise, which can cause or worsen diabetes. High blood sugar can rarely cause... Read more »
...likely to occur in patients with kidney disease, diabetes, or serious illness or in the elderly.... Read more »
...products you may use, especially of: drugs to treat diabetes (e.g., insulin, sulfonylureas... Read more »
...tobacco use, alcohol use, having high cholesterol/diabetes, or history of heart disease. Discuss... Read more »
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Diabetes Linked to Sleep Apnea
June 18, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) Scientists need to spend more time studying the possible connection between type 2 diabetes and sleep apnea. The International... Read summary »
Stem cell transplants may free diabetics from insulin
April 16, 2009A new study found that 20 out of 23 Type 1 diabetics who were given stem cell transplants did not need to take insulin for two to four years. The... Read summary »
Diabetes Medication: More Harm than Good?
December 09, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A medication for diabetics may do more harm than good. Doctors are concerned rosiglitazone may increase older patients' risk of... Read summary »
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Genes and Diabetes Increase Heart Problems
December 03, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Type 2 diabetes is a known risk factor for cardiovascular disease. It increases a person's risk of having a major cardiac event... Read summary »
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