there were 20.6 million cases of diabetes among people aged 20 years to 44 years; according to the American Diabetes Association in 2011‚ there were 25.6 million cases of diabetes among people aged 20 years to 44 years. GENERAL PURPOSE: To persuade SPECIFIC PURPOSE: To persuade my audience to engage in walking for 30 minutes a day to prevent diabetes. CENTRAL IDEA: My audience should walk for 30 minutes a day because doing so will help them from getting diabetes and other chronic health diseases
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Talking to a teenager about Diabetes. Diabetes is a disease that affects how the body uses glucose‚ a sugar that is the body’s main source of fuel. Just as an iPod needs a battery‚ your body needs glucose to keep running. Here’s how it should work: 1.You eat. 2.Glucose from the food gets into your bloodstream. 3.Your pancreas makes a hormone called insulin. 4.Insulin helps the glucose get into the body’s cells. 5.Your body gets the energy it needs. The pancreas is a gland near your stomach
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Epidemiology of Diabetes in Mexican Immigrants This paper will center on the vulnerable population of Mexican-American immigrants with chronic type II adult-onset diabetes and how this affects this growing population. The definition‚ description‚ steps‚ and method of epidemiology will facilitate the discussion. Routine data such as demographics‚ census‚ birth‚ death‚ and surveillance records‚ and research data such as medical and health records‚ will bring pertinent information to the study. The
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Running Head: DIABETES CASE MANAGEMENT PLAN Diabetes Case Management Plan: A Study on a Hospital-Based Program Diabetes Case Management Plan: A Study on a Hospital-Based Program Case management is a program‚ which has set guidelines for a patient’s specific care in a disease process. Case management’s goals are to provide high-risk patients with a continuum of care‚ improving the quality of life‚ and lowering costs for the patients for their specific disease. To reach these
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Diabetes‚ once not a highly talked about disease‚ now has become a global epidemic. With the poor eating habits in the United States‚ more of the general population is being diagnosed with this disease daily. According to the American Diabetes Association‚ there are nearly 30 million people living with diabetes and another 86 million with pre-diabetes in the United States alone. Causes of diabetes may be due to genetics‚ obesity‚ physical inactivity‚ and hormonal diseases‚ along with the foods you
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Introduction Aging is a risk factor for diabetes. Centers for Disease Center (2013) reported that 63% of adult incident of newly diagnosed diabetes on 2011 were between the ages of 40 and 64 years old (CDC‚ 2013). When left untreated‚ diabetes can cause a variety of complications including cardiovascular problems‚ kidney problems‚ and blindness. Once diagnosed with diabetes‚ prompt intervention is necessary to stabilize blood sugar level and prevent any further complication that may arise in the
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Link between diabetes and depression Depression can strike anyone. It is becoming increasingly common in the general population. According to the World Federation for Mental Health‚ approximately one in four people will experience it at some time in their adult life. While it is normal to feel down from time to time‚ when feelings of sadness do not seem to go away or life seems hopeless‚ this can be a sign of depression which can be a serious problem. Though seemingly unrelated‚ studies have
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Final Exam 1. According to the National Diabetes Statistics Report for 2014 published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention‚ approximately 21 million Americans of all ages have been diagnosed with diabetes as of 2012. This number only includes those who have been diagnosed by a medical professional and from this population; almost 95% of diagnosed adults have Type II diabetes. The difference between Type I and Type II diabetes is that Type I often times affects children who’s cells
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Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease that causes the insulin producing beta cells in the pancreas to be destroyed‚ preventing the body from being able to produce enough insulin to adequately regulate blood glucose levels. Type 1 diabetes may sometimes be referred to as juvenile diabetes‚ because it is commonly diagnosed in children and the condition can develop at any age. Insulin dependent diabetes is another term used to describe type 1 diabetes. Since type 1 diabetes causes the loss of insulin
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MicroCHIP Technology- A Renovation in Diabetes Therapy Table of Contents: List of tables and Figures ………………………………………………………………..3 Abstract ………………………………………………………………………………….4 1.0 Introduction…………………………..………………………………………………5 1.1 Back ground of Problem…..…..……………………………………………...5 1.2 Substitute Technology...…………………...………………………………….8 1.2.1 History of implementation..……………………...……….…………8 1.2.2 Description of microchips……………….......................................
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