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Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus Gestational Diabetes
1,238 wordsDiabetes mellitus is a group of diseases characterized by high levels of blood glucose resulting from defects in insulin secretion, insulin action, or both. Diabetes can be associated with serious complications and premature death, but persons with diabetes can take measures to reduce the likelihood of such occurrences. 15. 7 million people -- 5. 9 % of the population -- have diabetes. But only 10. 3 million people are diagnosed so that leaves 5. 4 million people not diagnosed. Studies have foun...
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The Laboratory Diagnosis And Management Of Diabetic Coma
1,848 wordsDiabetes is any disorder of the metabolism which causes excessive thirst and the production of large volumes of urine. A coma is a state of unusable unconsciousness. (Martin (2002) ) There are two types of diabetes: Diabetes Insipidus (DI) is a rare metabolic disorder, the symptoms of which are the production of large quantities of dilute urine and an increased thirst. It is caused by a deficiency of the pituitary hormone Anti-diuretic hormone (ADH / vasopressin) which regulates water reabsorpti...
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Blood Sugar Level Glucose Tolerance
1,368 words... ) and supplement with betaine HCl and digestive enzymes at 75 - 200 mg t. i. d. before meals. Have patience - the intestinal lesions take 60 - 90 days to heal." Vanadium Metallic vanadium (vandal sulfate) is absorbed from the intestinal tract ver) poorly at only O. 1 to 1. 0 %; vanadium chelates at 40 % and plant derived colloidal! at up to 98 %. Vanadium was proven to be an essential trace mineral in 1971. Vanadium stimulates glucose (blood sugar) oxidation and transport in fat cells and gl...
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Type 2 Diabetes Glucose Tolerance
1,072 words... ; Evidence of Therapeutic/Diagnostic Significance Although the concept of developing a GSK- 3 inhibitor is new to pharmacology, some of the small molecules / drugs are not. There exist several naturally occurring GSK- 3 inhibitors that have been used as treatments for other diseases as well as synthetic compounds that have been identified through the use of high-throughput screens (FIGURE 8). One class of natural inhibitors is the metal ions. The first metal ion discovered as a GSK- 3 inhibi...
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Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus Hispanic Whites
2,204 wordsDiabetes mellitus is a group of diseases characterized by high levels of blood glucose resulting from defects in insulin secretion, insulin action, or both. Diabetes can be associated with serious complications and premature death, but persons with diabetes can take measures to reduce the likelihood of such occurrences. Most of the food we eat is turned into glucose, or sugar, for our bodies to use for energy. The pancreas, an organ that lies near the stomach, makes a hormone called insulin to h...
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