What Is Diabetes
Type one-and-a-half diabetes
For years, we have had terminology dividing diabetes into subgroups: there's "type 1" and "type 2" diabetes (type 1 is autoimmune diabetes with positive antibodies, typically showing up in children or teenagers, previously called IDDM or childhood-onset diabetes) (type 2 is insulin-resistant diabetes showing up in obese adults, whose antibody tests are negative, previously called NIDDM or adult-onset diabetes). There are other subgroups, but somehow these other varieties of diabetes didn't get ...
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Expert & Community Posts
Diabetes (noun): a way to define oneself?
By Skyler , Health ExpertDiabetes Mellitus (noun): An endocrine disorder marked by inability to maintain glucose... Read more »
Half of diabetics have some form of arthritis
By Christine Miller , Health Expert...which shows that about one half of all adults with diabetes also have some form of arthritis. ... Read more »
Insulin: First-line treatment?
By Gretchen Becker , Health Expert...physicians have different approaches to treating type 2 diabetes, but here's a common approach.... Read more »
Flatbush diabetes
By Gretchen Becker , Health ExpertMost of us who have had diabetes for at least a few years are likely to be familiar with the main... Read more »
Types of Diabetes: are there more than two?
By Dr. Bill Quick , Health Expert...recently received an e-mail inquiring about "type 3 diabetes." The writer stated "It's very... 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 »Gestational Diabetes Mellitus
What is gestational diabetes mellitus?Pregnancy has typically been viewed as a statement of health, as it should be. In the midst of morning sickness, heartburn, exhaustion, and the excitement of... Read more »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 »Meet David Mendosa
...of Hispanic Business magazine for about four years. However, when David was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in February 1994, he began to write entirely about that condition. His articles and... 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 »Images
Medications
...high blood sugar. It is used in patients with type 2 diabetes (non-insulin-dependent diabetes).... Read more »
...(ex-EN-a-tide) Uses Exenatide is used along with other oral diabetes medications (e.g.,... Read more »
...to control high blood sugar in people with type 2 diabetes (non-insulin-dependent diabetes).... Read more »
...control high blood sugar in patients with type 2 diabetes (non-insulin-dependent diabetes). It... Read more »
...control high blood sugar in patients with type 2 diabetes (non-insulin-dependent diabetes).... Read more »
Related News
Medicine's Next Big Thing? Diabetes Discoveries
August 24, 2007LOS ANGELES (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- About 20 million people in the U.S. have diabetes. Up to 10 percent of these cases are type 1, where the... Read summary »
Environmental Triggers for Type 1 Diabetes
May 05, 2008SEATTLE (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- The number of people who have type 1 diabetes has tripled in the last 50 years. Now, scientists believe the... Read summary »
Predicting Type 1 Diabetes Better
March 18, 2008(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 »
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 »
Type 2 Diabetes Often Follows Gestational Diabetes
August 12, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Women who experience diabetes while they're pregnant are significantly more likely to develop type 2 diabetes following the... Read summary »
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