What Is The Cause Of Type 2 Diabetes
Health Encyclopedia: Type 2 Diabetes Causes Insulin Resistance
- Type 2 Diabetes - Causes - Insulin Resistance
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Causes
Type 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 hormonal secretions in the intestine. The recent dramatic increase indicates that lifestyle factors (obesity and sedentary lifestyle) may be particularly important in triggering the genetic elements that cause this type of diabetes.
Insulin Abnormalities
The characteristic features of most patients with t...
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Expert & Community Posts
Is Type 2 Operable?
By Gretchen Becker , Health Expert...around the Internet last week suggesting that perhaps type 2 diabetes is an intestinal disorder... Read more »
The Diversity of Diabetes
By Dr. Fran Cogen , Health Expert...medication-induced diabetes, cystic fibrosis related diabetes or type 2 diabetes? The... 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 »
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 »
Media hype (again)
By Dr. Bill Quick , Health Expert...Two people notified me today about a press release, Type 2 diabetes may be caused by intestinal... Read more »
Health Guide
What do I need to know about diabetes?"
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...Personal Stories: This study is both frightening and hopeful. The frightening part is that the rise of type 2 diabetes seems to be echoing the rise in obesity. If this diabetes increases ones... Read more »Questions about Diabetes and Nutrition
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...problems. Babies born with excess insulin are also at risk of becoming obese or developing type 2 diabetes. Babies may be at a higher risk of jaundice, a condition where... Read more »Images
Medications
...control high blood sugar. It is used in patients with type 2 diabetes (non-insulin-dependent... Read more »
...program to control high blood sugar in people with type 2 diabetes (non-insulin-dependent... Read more »
...program to control high blood sugar in patients with type 2 diabetes (non-insulin-dependent... Read more »
...program to control high blood sugar in patients with type 2 diabetes (non-insulin-dependent... Read more »
...control high blood sugar. It is used in patients with type 2 diabetes (non-insulin-dependent... Read more »
Related News
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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New Approach for Treating Type 2 Diabetes
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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 »
Some Diabetics at Higher Risk for Heart Disease
December 15, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- The combination of genetics and glycemic control may make some diabetics more likely to have heart disease. A new report from... Read summary »
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