What is diabetes? Diabetes is often referred to by doctors as diabetes mellitus. This describes a group of diseases in which the person has high blood glucose (blood sugar). This could be because either insulin production is inadequate or the body’s cells do not respond properly to insulin. There are 3 types of diabetes: 1) Type 1 Diabetes: The body does not produce insulin. People usually develop type 1 diabetes in early adulthood or teenage years. Approximately 10% of all diabetes cases are
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prevalence of type 2 diabetes is skyrocketing alarmingly to epidemic proportions. According to King‚ Aubert and Herman (1998)‚ in the year 2000 there were 150 million people with type 2 diabetes worldwide‚ and this number is expected to double by 2025. This explosive increase in type 2 diabetes prevalence is also associated with a significant increase in morbidity and mortality. (Dankner‚ Abdul-Ghani‚ Gerber‚ Chetit‚ Wainstein and Raz‚ 2007). This global increase in diabetes will occur because of
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There has long been a link between diabetes and sugar. However‚ a diet high in sugar isn’t just a hazard for diabetics. The risks are greater than ever thought before. According to the University of California San Francisco‚ (https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2009/06/8187/obesity-and-metabolic-syndrome-driven-fructose-sugar-diet) sugar is poison and it is driving America’s obesity problem. Of course‚ with obesity comes inflammation and chronic pain. Tooth decay and weight gain are seen as the obvious consequences
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Fall Prevention Falls are one of the most common adverse events in health care institutions. Health care facilities are entitled to monitor patients and visitors who are in the risk of falls when entering their premises. Education is part of fall prevention. We can educate health care employees as nurses‚ physicians‚ health care employees‚ patients and visitors on how to prevent a fall. The way we can educate all the employees in the health care field is by instructing them on conferences‚ meetings
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The idea of preventing something is to stop an event before it occurs. In order to stop an event from occurring‚ you must be able to recognize and understand the signs. A batterer prevention program is a particularly tough program to implement. In order to identify a potential batterer‚ one would need to have knowledge of domestic violence‚ the different types of batterers‚ and the signs of a potential batterer. However‚ I think these types of programs could‚ in fact‚ be implemented‚ if the right
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United States should take responsibility for ending a genocide and lead the rest of the world by example. However‚ it is imperative that other countries collaborate and cooperate with the effort to end genocide. The most successful path to the prevention of genocide is for countries all over the world to contribute financially‚ politically‚ and militarily. The United Nations‚ an international organization between several countries around the world‚ should make genocide one of their top priorities
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INTRODUCTION HYPOTHESIS A diabetes epidemic is underway. The worldwide increasing rate of obesity has imposed its threat on millions of people. Poor lifestyle choices and a lack of physical exercise will eventually result in a worldwide epidemic. Type 2 diabetes is a lifestyle disease that millions of people worldwide suffer from. Type 2 diabetics are insulin resistant and generally suffer from obesity‚ hypertension and other serious illnesses. This disease can however be controlled and prevented
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All these young kids are young‚and raising their own kids. Young ladies are having unplanned pregnancies all over the world. This generation of young adults differs a lot from our grandparents. Our grandparent’s generation was very carefull about getting pregnant. Young men’s are getting young ladies pregnant‚and are living them to be a single parent. We have to help our younger generation to have planned preganqncies‚instead of unplanned. We can can help prevent pregnancies by suggesting that young
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Type 2 Diabetes- Written Response 1- Cause of the disease There is no singular cause of type 2 diabetes. However‚ there are certain factors that are known to contribute to the development of the disease. One of these factors is genetics. It has been proven that people with a family history of diabetes have a higher risk of developing the disease than someone who doesn’t. Age is also an important factor. The older you are‚ the greater the risk of type 2 diabetes developing. (Diabetes Australia‚
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Type 2 diabetes is a disease where people’s bodies cannot properly use the insulin that is produced in the pancreas. Historically‚ type 2 diabetes was only diagnosed in older adults‚ generally after the age of 45. It was previously believed that diabetes would only affect the older population as the disease was called “Adult Onset Diabetes”. However‚ in the modern world‚ there are a growing number of cases of younger people and children being diagnosed daily. Type 2 diabetes typically goes unnoticed
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