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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
The Honeymoon Period in Type 1 Diabetes
By Dr. Fran Cogen , Health Expert...10 concerns related to a new diagnosis of type 1 diabetes. Following these concerns, families... Read more »
Diabetes in children in the US
By Dr. Bill Quick , Health ExpertThe journal Diabetes Care has just published a discussion of results from the SEARCH for Diabetes... 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 »
Even Celebrity Teens Live with Diabetes!
By Ginger Vieira , Health Expert...14 year old Nick Jonas was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. He had all the classic symptoms:... Read more »
When to refer to an endocrinologist
By Dr. Bill Quick , Health ExpertMany people with diabetes receive their medical care from general physicians, including Family... Read more »
Health Guide
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 »Diabetes Management: Effects of Persistent Ketosis
...your friends. They are the portents of bad things to come… the persistence of ketones affects your diabetes. As always, a review of biology/biochemistry is a must when we talk about ketones.... Read more »High Blood Pressure: Causes
...controls heart rate, blood pressure, and the diameter of the blood vessels.Insulin Resistance and Type 2 Diabetes. Hypertension is strongly associated with diabetes, both type 1 and type 2. Kidney... Read more »Dehydration: Migraine and Headache Trigger
...feveredwhen you have a cold or the fluif you have a chronic disease such as uncontrolled or untreated diabetes, kidney disease, alcoholism, cystic fibrosis, or adrenal disorders, if... Read more »Kidney Stones: Highlights
Diabetes and Kidney StonesNew research has linked diabetes to the risk of kidney stones. Scientists reporting in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology found that people with... Read more »Images
Medications
...Effects section.) Your doctor may need to adjust your diabetes medication, exercise program, or... Read more »
...thinners (e.g., warfarin) bupropion drugs for diabetes (e.g., glyburide, insulin, metformin)... Read more »
...nonprescription products you may use, especially of: other diabetes drugs (e.g., insulin,... Read more »
...nonprescription products you may use, especially of: other diabetes drugs (e.g., insulin,... Read more »
...nonprescription products you may use, especially of: other diabetes drugs (e.g., insulin,... Read more »
Related News
Arsenic Linked to Diabetes?
August 27, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- There may be more health dangers linked to arsenic. A new study from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health finds... Read summary »
Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Diabetes Linked Directly to Environment
July 14, 2009(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A new study by researchers at Rhode Island Hospital found a substantial link between increased death rate from certain... Read summary »
Fatty Foods and Memory Decline
July 14, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) Type 2 diabetics are more likely to forget something after a high fat meal. The study out of Canada involved 16 people age 50 and... Read summary »
Vitamin May Help Alzheimer?s
November 18, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Nicotinamide, a form of vitamin B3 sold in health foods stores, may help prevent memory loss associated with Alzheimer's... Read summary »
Arsenic in tap water linked to Type 2 diabetes
October 03, 2008Arsenic from natural mineral deposits in drinking water may increase the risk of Type 2 diabetes, a new study has found. Researchers from Johns... Read summary »
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