Both type 1 and type 2 diabetes require medication of some form or another to effectively manage the symptoms caused by diabetes. Various diabetes medications have been developed to regulate the disease. Diabetic medications are usually either...
About 1.6 million people, age 20 and older, are diagnosed with diabetes every year in the United States. In 2007, the total direct medical costs of diagnosed diabetes in the United States amounted to about $116 billion, notes the American Diabetes...
Diabetes, a chronic condition, affects how your body processes glucose. With type 2 diabetes, your pancreas either does not produce enough insulin or it resists the effects of insulin. While type 2 diabetes is not curable, it is treatable through...
Diabetes affects your body's ability to process glucose, the main source of fuel for your body. There are three types of diabetes: type 1, usually diagnosed in childhood; type 2, also called non insulin-dependent diabetes; and gestational...
Medication is an important part of the treatment plan for individuals who suffer from diabetes. Physicians prescribe the most appropriate medication based on the patient’s age, gender, length of time they have suffered from diabetes,...
Hyperglycemia (high blood sugar) is seen characteristically in diabetes mellitus. In diabetes, there is a deficiency of the function of insulin, the principal hormone that controls the blood levels of glucose, leading to persistent high levels of...
As of 2006, diabetes was the seventh cause of death in the United States, according to the American Diabetes Society. By 2007, the medical costs of diagnosed diabetes exceeded $100 billion. Medication is a major factor in treating diabetes....
Diabetes drugs are life-savers for diabetics because they help manage levels of blood glucose, a sugar the body needs for energy. In type 1 diabetes, the pancreas is unable to produce insulin, a hormone that transports glucose from the blood to...
A low blood sugar or glucose level is also known as hypoglycemia. It occurs when the glucose in the blood is used up too quickly, glucose is released too slowly or excess insulin is released into the blood stream. It is common in people with...
The total cost of undiagnosed diabetes, diagnosed diabetes, and pre-diabetes in the United States was $218 billion in 2007, according to the American Diabetes Association. Of that amount, $116 billion was for direct medical costs. Medication of...
Generally, individuals with diabetes, particularly type 2 diabetes, are at risk of high cholesterol. This is mostly due to a poor diet in conjunction with an inactive lifestyle, according to Anna Arnoldi in her book "Functional Foods,...
In diabetes, glucose builds up in the bloodstream instead of being metabolized by the cells, leading to hyperglycemia (high blood sugar). There are two main types of diabetes. Type 1 is insulin-dependent diabetes, in which the insulin-secreting...
It was held for a long time by the medical community that there were only two hormones responsible for maintaining blood glucose within physiologically normal ranges. These hormones were insulin, which controls the rate of glucose disappearance...
