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Definition
Diabetes Definition
Diabetes mellitus, often simply referred to as diabetes—is a condition in which a person has high blood sugar, either because the body doesn't produce enough insulin, or because cells don't respond to the insulin that is produced. This high blood sugar produces the classical symptoms of polyuria (frequent urination), polydipsia (increased thirst) and polyphagia (increased hunger).
There are three main types of diabetes:
- Type 1 diabetes: results from the body's failure to produce insulin, and presently requires the person to inject insulin.
- Type 2 diabetes: results from insulin resistance, a condition in which cells fail to use insulin properly, sometimes combined with an absolute insulin deficiency.
- Gestational diabetes: is when pregnant women, who have never had diabetes before, have a high blood glucose level during pregnancy. It may precede development of type 2 DM.
Latest Diabetes News
Dr. Pepper Ten, the New Macho Diet Drink: Are Diet Drinks Healthier?
Dr Pepper rolled out its new low calorie drink "Dr Pepper Ten" Monday, stirring discussion about its macho ad campaign.more
10 11, 2011
First Diabetes and Cholesterol Combo Pill Approved
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved the Merck Co. drug Juvisync, the first pill designed to treat diabetes and high cholesterol at the same time.more
10 07, 2011
Diabetes Rising Globally Ahead of Leaders Meeting to Target Disease
The number of people with diabetes in 2011 has reached 366 million globally and one person dies from this disease every seven seconds, the International Diabetes Federation said Tuesday.more
09 13, 2011
Risk of Type 2 Diabetes Measured by Degree and Length of Obesity
How long a person has been obese and how overweight they have been are real risk factors in measuring the risk of type II diabetes, new research finds.more
09 06, 2011
Preventing diabetes damage: Zinc's effects on a kinky, two-faced cohort
In type 2 diabetes, a protein called amylin forms dense clumps that shut down insulin-producing cells, wreaking havoc on the control of blood sugar. But zinc has a knack for preventing amylin from misbehaving.more
06 30, 2011
Roche's Genentech unit reports positive Lucentis trial data
Roche subsidiary Genentech has reported positive new data from a pair of phase III diabetic macular oedema (DMO) clinical trials for the drug Lucentis. more
06 30, 2011
Watching television increased risk of type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease
Watching television is the most common daily activity apart from work and sleep in many parts of the world, but it is time for people to change their viewing habits. According to a new study from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers, prolonged TV viewing was associated with...more
06 24, 2011
California's more than half a million rural elders are far more likely to be overweight or obese
Despite living in the countryside, where open space is plentiful and there is often significant agricultural production, California's more than half a million rural elders are far more likely to be overweight or obese, physically inactive and food insecure than their suburban counterparts,...more
06 24, 2011
The use of the diabetes medication Actos may be associated with an increased risk of bladder cancer
Diabetes leaders today are responding to the announcement made by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) yesterday that the use of the diabetes medication Actos (pioglitazone) for more than one year may be associated with an increased risk of bladder cancer...more
06 24, 2011
Drug shows improved kidney function for patients with type 2 diabetes, UT Southwestern researchers report
A new anti-inflammatory drug used by patients with type 2 diabetes improved their kidney function during a year-long study involving researchers from UT Southwestern Medical Center. The study findings, reported in today’s New England Journal of Medicine, mark the first time a drug...more
06 24, 2011
