Who Is Affected By Diabetes
Health Encyclopedia: Diabetes
Diabetes is a life-long disease marked by high levels of sugar in the blood.
Causes, incidence, and risk factors
Diabetes can be caused by too little insulin (a hormone produced by the pancreas to control blood sugar), resistance to insulin, or both.
To understand diabetes, it is important to first understand the normal process of food metabolism. Several things happen when food is digested:
- A sugar called glucose enters the bloodstream. Glucose is a source ...
Expert & Community Posts
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 »
Hydroxychloroquine May Reduce Risk of Type 2 Diabetes
By Christine Miller , Health Expert...hydroxychloroquine and a decreased risk of developing type-2 diabetes. Hydroxychloroquine has... Read more »
Flatbush diabetes
By Gretchen Becker , Health Expert...mutation in only one gene causes the disease, and the affected gene is dominant, meaning that... 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 »
Thinking About Genes
By Gretchen Becker , Health Expert...and I had mutations in the same gene, we might be affected differently. Considering all the... Read more »
Health Guide
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 »Pre-Diabetes Risks, Symptoms & Prevention
Pre-diabetes is a health condition that carries no symptoms. Commonly referred to as "impaired glucose tolerance," approximately 54 million people in the United States twenty years 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 »Diabetes Diagnosis Advice -- dealing with a diabetes diagnosis
Sorry to hear that you have joined us! Type 2 diabetes is a lot to live with, but it is really manageable! And if you are depressed, I can understand. Being depressed is pretty common with us,... 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 »Images
Medications
...sugar such as dizziness, hunger, or sweating are unaffected by these drugs. Check the labels on... Read more »
...sugar such as dizziness, hunger, or sweating are unaffected by these drugs. Check the labels on... Read more »
...sugar such as dizziness, hunger, or sweating are unaffected by these drugs. Check the labels on... Read more »
...sugar such as dizziness, hunger, or sweating are unaffected by these drugs. Check the labels on... Read more »
...sugar such as dizziness, hunger, or sweating are unaffected by these drugs. Other medications... Read more »
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 »
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 »
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 »
Immediate Weight Loss Key for Diabetics
August 25, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Weight loss is important for the millions of Americans who have type 2 diabetes. But a new study finds weight loss right after... Read summary »
Gestational Diabetes Warrants Post Pregnancy Care
June 10, 2009(Ivanhoe Newswire) ? Women who develop a form of diabetes associated with pregnancy should continue receiving regular checkups for diabetes after... Read summary »
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