Diabetes: Understanding the Disease
We are what we eat The human body is powered by energy that is derived from the sugars we eat. During digestion, these sugars are converted by the liver into glucose. The glucose is...
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Childhood vaccines not linked to type 1 diabetes
There is no association between an increased risk of type 1 diabetes and childhood vaccines, according to a new study. There has been some suggestion childhood vaccines may be associated with the development of...
Causes of Type 2 diabetes
Is it possible to discover why I got Type 2 diabetes? Type 2 diabetes develops as a result of a combination of factors, and it’s not possible to know exactly why you have developed...
Understanding Diabetes
What is Type 2 diabetes? Type 2 diabetes is the most common type of diabetes and used to be called “maturity onset” or “non-insulin-dependent” diabetes. When you have diabetes your body cannot use glucose...
Halting Diabetes
Researchers from UCLA have discovered what they call a “remarkable” new tool in the fight against diabetes. An 18-month clinical trial shows a new drug halts the progression of type 1 diabetes and improves...
Diabetes
Call it the epidemic of the 21st Century: one in three Americans has either diabetes or its precursor, prediabetes. The full-blown disease, also known as diabetes mellitus, occurs when the body ahs either a...