Summative Assignment – Diabetes Part 1: - Diabetes is a disease in which the body’s cells have an inability to absorb glucose due to either the pancreas not being able to generate insulin or the cells not reacting to the reduced amount of insulin being produced‚ these are diagnosed as type 1 and type 2 respectively. Carol is the case study being used‚ she was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of 7 and she is also 6 weeks pregnant. As type one diabetes is an autoimmune disease the immune
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Poorly controlled blood glucose levels in the presence of diabetes exposes patients with diabetes to many secondary complications such as stroke‚ high blood pressure‚ peripheral vascular disease and kidney disease. New technologies such as continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) can help patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes manage their disease better. This assignment identifies a research article that focuses on CGM in the treatment of diabetes. A summary of the research and clinical findings‚ as well
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for yourself and others” (MacLeod‚ 2011). This literature review reflects that health‚ fitness‚ and well-being programs benefit those with an illness such as diabetes. Physical activity is recommended for people with Type Two Diabetes. Fourteen (14) randomized controlled tribulations comparing exercise against no exercise in Type Two Diabetes were
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Baker IDI heart and Diabetes Institute is the Primary healthcare facility which helps to maintain the health and well being of each individual in the community. This essay is focused on the services provided by Bakers IDI and describes the importance of service learning to the Nursing students. It also explains the aims and benefits of service learning to nursing students. Bakers IDI is one of the leading Diabetes and Heart institute of Australia which has the mission of reducing disability
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present ROS- and diabetes-related targets (genes/proteins) collected from the biomedical literature through a text mining technology. A web-based literature mining tool‚ SciMiner‚ was applied to 1‚154 biomedical papers indexed with diabetes and ROS by PubMed to identify relevant targets. Over-represented targets in the ROS-diabetes literature were obtained through comparisons against randomly selected literature. The expression levels of nine genes‚ selected from the top ranked ROS-diabetes set‚ were measured
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Diabetes Mellitus is a metabolic disease that occurs when a body is unable to produce insulin‚ is unable to adequately use the insulin produced‚ or is unable to produce enough insulin for what the body needs‚ and therefore results in a body not being able to process sugars properly. There are two main types of diabetes. Type 1 is where the body does not produce any insulin and so the person is dependent on taking insulin shots to survive. Type 2 is where the body can produce insulin but may not be
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At the young age of two I was diagnosed with a disease that did not have a cure. Luckily‚ I was spared the memory of being diagnosed‚ but I often wonder what it would be like if I had been diagnosed later in life. I was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes‚ an autoimmune disease that affects the body’s ability to manufacture a hormone called insulin. I have to prick my finger four times a day to get a blood sample to test my blood sugar‚ which wasn’t easy as a toddler at first‚ but eventually I became
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Informative Speech Outline: Diabetes Name: Man Shu Date: May 27‚ 2013 Lab Section # 4 and Lab Instructor ’s name: Specific Purpose: To inform my audience of three types of diabetes‚ the way to determine whether you have diabetes‚ pre-diabetes or neither‚ and the effective way to control diabetes. Central Idea: We can possibly stop this disease from growing so rapidly by understanding what diabetes is and finding out if we could be at risk Pattern of Organization: Topical Attention: If
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Arlain Sivas June 19‚ 2013 What is the difference between Diabetes type 1 and Diabetes type 2. We all know that Diabetes type 1 and Diabetes type 2 caused when your body has high level of sugar (glucose) in your blood stream. I had research from the web sites and I found some descriptions of Diabetes type 1 and Diabetes type 2. First I will write down what I read about Diabetes type 1. (www.diabetesnerveStudy.com) If you have type 1 diabetes you are well aware of the importance of insulin replacement
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person is obese or overweight is by measuring their body mass index‚ or BMI. The calculation of the BMI is based on the ratio of a person’s height and weight (BMI=kg/). What is diabetes? Well diabetes‚ is a sickness that many Australians today suffer. There are two types of diabetes. Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes. Type 1 Diabetes is when the pancreas stops producing insulin. Without this insulin‚ the cells in the body are incapable of turning glucose (also known as sugar) into energy‚ leading to remains
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