Diabetes mellitus, also known as diabetes, is caused by an inability of the body to correctly produce, or use, insulin. There are two main types of diabetes: Type 1 diabetes, sometimes known as insulin dependent diabetes, accounts for up to 10...
Type I diabetes is also known as insulin-dependent diabetes. Type I diabetes typically affects patients early in their lives, either in childhood or when they are young adults, although it can start later in life. Type I diabetes is caused by...
Diabetes is one of the most common and increasingly prevalent chronic diseases among children and adolescents in the United States. Approximately 151,000 people less than 20 years old have been diagnosed with diabetes, according to the Centers for...
While the unripe fruit of bitter melon may be eaten as a vegetable, the fruit and other parts are also used as medicine to treat a variety of conditions, including cancer, asthma, high blood pressure and diabetes. Some scientific information...
Diabetes is one of the most common chronic diseases in children and adolescents. According to the National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse, about 186,300 people under the age of 20 years have diabetes. This represents 0.2 percent of all people...
Diabetes is a set of diseases related to high blood sugar caused by either, or both, a deficiency in insulin production or an inability of the body to use the insulin produced. Diabetes can strike at any age, but some types are more prevalent...
Incidence of type 2 diabetes in children is growing rapidly. This kind of diabetes was previously referred to as adult-onset diabetes, but because of the increase in rates of childhood obesity, more and more children are developing this condition...
Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease in which the immune cells of the body attack and destroy the cells in the pancreas that secrete insulin. Hereditary factors, diet and viral infection contribute to the risk of developing type 1 diabetes....
In diabetes, there is either too little insulin, too little response to available insulin, or both. This results in high levels of blood glucose. The body attempts to compensate for reduced use glucose for fuel by mobilizing fat stores, leading to...
