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Health Encyclopedia: Type 1 Diabetes

Definition

Type 1 diabetes is a chronic (lifelong) disease that occurs when the pancreas does not produce enough insulin to properly control blood sugar levels.

Expert & Community Posts

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 »

The Diversity of Diabetes

By Dr. Fran Cogen , Health Expert

Diabetes is not one disease and different types of diabetes have been identified in the scientific... Read more »

I is for Insulin

By David Mendosa , Health Expert

...yet, in 1995.The current (June-July 2007) issue of Diabetes Health covers the question in Linda... Read more »

Type one-and-a-half diabetes

By Dr. Bill Quick , Health Expert

For years, we have had terminology dividing diabetes into subgroups: there's "type 1" and "type 2"... Read more »

The odds of coming off insulin

By Dr. Bill Quick , Health Expert

...start insulin therapy. You seem to have type 2 diabetes, based on your taking several standard... Read more »

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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 »

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and Diabetes

...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 patches of... Read more »

Gestational Diabetes

Gestational diabetes is diabetes that occurs only during pregnancy. Diabetes is when your blood glucose level is too high. According to the National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse, between three... 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 »

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 »

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Medications

Insulin Regular Human Inj Uses and How to Use

...is identical to human insulin. It is used to treat diabetes mellitus. Like other insulin... Read more »

Amaryl Oral Uses and How to Use

...high blood sugar. It is used in patients with type 2 diabetes (non-insulin-dependent diabetes).... Read more »

Diabinese Oral Uses and How to Use

...to control high blood sugar in people with type 2 diabetes (non-insulin-dependent diabetes).... Read more »

Actos Oral Uses and How to Use

...control high blood sugar in patients with type 2 diabetes (non-insulin-dependent diabetes). It... Read more »

Orinase Uses and How to Use

...to control high blood sugar in people with type 2 diabetes (non-insulin-dependent diabetes).... Read more »

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Related News

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 »

Kill Fat Cells, Reverse Diabetes?

October 29, 2008

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Fighting diabetes could start in our fat cells. Researchers found killing off certain immune cells in fat and muscle can... Read summary »

Diabetes Cure: One Step Closer

August 07, 2006

INDIANAPOLIS (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- Type 1 diabetes develops when your pancreas stops making insulin, what the body needs to break down sugar.... Read summary »

Medicine's Next Big Thing? Diabetes Discoveries

August 24, 2007

LOS 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 »

Hormone may act Like Insulin

November 12, 2008

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Type 2 diabetics and those with any kind of insulin resistance may have a new option for controlling blood sugar levels. A... Read summary »

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