What Is Type 2 Diabetes
Health Encyclopedia: Type 2 Diabetes Causes Insulin Resistance
- Type 2 Diabetes - Causes - Insulin Resistance
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- Type 2 Diabetes: Risk Factors
- Type 2 Diabetes Symptoms
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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
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Expert & Community Posts
Types of Diabetes: are there more than two?
By Dr. Bill Quick , Health Expert...insulin-resistant type 1 diabetes (or 'double diabetes'), type 2 diabetes which has progressed... Read more »
Ask Gretchen
By Gretchen Becker , Health Expert[Humor] Q: I just found out I have type 2 diabetes and my doctor told me I should try to lose... Read more »
Type one-and-a-half diabetes
By Dr. Bill Quick , Health Expert...LADA are diagnosed with what initially appears to be type 2 diabetes, and then rapidly progress... Read more »
Bromocriptine: A New Type of Type 2 Drug
By Gretchen Becker , Health Expert...the drug bromocriptine mesylate for use in treating type 2 diabetes. This is not a new drug;... Read more »
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 »
Health Guide
What do I need to know about diabetes?"
...type occurs when the body doesn't make enough insulin. Adult-onset diabetes mellitus, also known as type 2 diabetes mellitus - This type of diabetes happens when the body either produces low... Read more »Meet David Mendosa
...editor 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... Read more »Link Between Diabetes and Alzheimer's Deepens
...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 »Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and Diabetes
...dandruff weight gain or obesity, usually carrying extra weight around the waist insulin resistance or type 2 diabetes high cholesterol high blood pressure male-pattern baldness or thinning hair... Read more »Questions about Diabetes and Nutrition
I have a family history of Type 2 Diabetes, if I reduce my sugar intake will I reduce my chances of getting the disease? If you have not been diagnosed with Diabetes than your body is making... 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
Diet and Diabetes
August 20, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- What you eat could determine whether or not you develop type 2 diabetes. Three new studies looked specifically at fruit juices,... 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 »
Aspirin and Diabetic Cardio Risk
November 12, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Low-dose aspirin has been recommended as a primary prevention strategy for patients with an increased cardiovascular risk, but... 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 »
New Approach for Treating Type 2 Diabetes
November 16, 2005BURLINGTON, Vt. (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- According to the American Diabetes Association, more than 18 million Americans are living with diabetes.... Read summary »
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