Carbohydrate and Diabetes Research NUR 115 AM The articles that I researched for this project were interesting and shed light on the relationship between carbohydrates and diabetes. Some of the information that I learned will be useful in my nursing career. Carbohydrates fill numerous roles in living things‚ such as the storage and transport of energy in the form of starch and glycogen etc. The basic carbohydrate units are called monosaccharides‚ such as glucose‚ galactose‚ and
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Abstract With the advances in technology over the past 10 years‚ medical monitoring has advanced from wired monitors‚ such as with diabetes patients‚ who must manually input their glucose levels into an insulin pump attached to the belt to the wireless NUVANT Mobile Cardiac Telemetry System for patients with cardiac arrhythmia. This device allows the patient to record his heart rhythms and upload them to a wireless transmitter‚ which then send the data to the doctor. Other advances in medical monitoring
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Dan Vanderheiden‚ Discussion Article Summary Learning to live with diabetes – integrating an illness or objectifying a disease The article was focused on the learning process of patients who had been diagnosed with diabetes and how they worked to modify their lifestyle to cope with their illness. They had to learn how manage their diets‚ measure their blood sugar and administer insulin injections (some of them did anyway). Some patients placed a heavy reliance on measuring their sugar with a
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Johnson HCS 535 June 3‚ 2013 Beth Hale Health Campaign Health objectives and campaigns are designed to set the foundation for addressing health care issues prevalent across the nation. Diabetes is a disease that affects millions of people. Due to the complications that can often go along with diabetes‚ public health policies are implemented to clarify issues that will improve the health of individuals. As presented in the health campaign part one‚ there are numerous government agencies‚ which
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Diabetes Name: Institution: Diabetes An intervention generally describes a combination of strategies and set of activities that are aimed at improving the health status of an individual or an entire priority population. Interventions with multiple strategies are the bet equips to sensitizing a target population and in so doing improvement of the status of that select group. With regard to the diabetes intervention‚ the select group is the geographical setup of Hawaii and specifically the priority
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Diabetes Many have known that Diabetes is one of the most common chronic diseases in children and adolescents. In the whole United States‚ there are about 16 million adults who have diabetes and a third of them are undiagnosed (CDC). In East Harlem‚ New York however‚ the rates of complications and mortality is up to 5 times in an underprivileged community compared to the overall residents in New York City. There are 125‚000 residents living in East Harlem‚ 50% are Latino‚ 40% African-American
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Diabetes Mellitus (DM) Type 2 An endocrine disorder is a medical condition that causes a hormonal imbalance. When an endocrine gland functions abnormally‚ producing either too much of a specific hormone (hyperfunction) or too little (hypofunction)‚ the hormonal imbalance can cause various complications in the body. The major glands of the endocrine system are the pituitary‚ thyroid‚ parathyroid‚ adrenal‚ and pancreas. One of the common endocrine disorders is diabetes. According to
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Diabetes Diabetes mellitus is a chronic hyperglycemic condition in which the body does not produce enough or no insulin at all to control blood sugar levels in the body. The prevalence of diabetes is steadily growing at a fast rate‚ and it is predicted that by the year 2030 an estimated 370 million adults will be diagnosed with diabetes‚ that is double the amount of patient diagnosed with diabetes in the year 2000 (Ozougwu‚ Obimba‚ Belonwu‚ & Unakalamba‚ 2013). Diabetes has four classifications:
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Diabetes Diabetes is a disease that approximately affects three hundred and forty- six million people around the world; the sheer number of people living with this disease is alarming. It would be wonderful if the general public was more informed over diabetes‚ such as how one becomes diabetic‚ in what manner one may be able to prevent the disease‚ and living a healthy life with diabetes. Diabetes is a chronic Disease meaning that the ailment will last at least three months‚ and does not magically
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Type 2 Diabetes occurs when the body fails to produce enough insulin‚ or unable to utilize insulin properly. It is often associated with adults over the age of 40‚ overweight and a family history of diabetes‚ but it is currently occurring among younger people. 1. Prevalence and incidence of Diabetes type 2 According to statistical records‚ an approximation of 18.2 million children and adults suffer from diabetes in the United States. This is equal to 6.3 percent of America’s population. Out of
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