Diabetes Diabetes is a life-long disease with no known cure or vaccine‚ which is caused by the absence of insulin production‚ a decreased production level or the inability to use insulin properly. Insulin is a hormone produced in the pancreas and secreted by the cells located in the beta cells of the Islets of Langerhans. While the beta cells of the pancreas secrete insulin‚ glucagon is secreted by the alpha cells. Insulin regulates blood glucose levels to prevent an increased or an abnormally decreased
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Diabetes is a chronic disease that affects the endocrine system‚ and occurs when your blood glucose‚ also known as blood sugar‚ is too high. Disease is a very common and serious disease that affects approximately 29.1 million people in the U.S.‚ let alone the 86 million people that have prediabetes‚ without even noticing it‚ (MedicineNet.com). To understand diabetes‚ it is important to understand the role of insulin and glucose in the body. Glucose‚ or sugar‚ is an important source of energy for
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As of today most adults and the elderly suffer from being diagnosed with a disease known as type-2 diabetes. The most common type of diabetes is type-2 diabetes and about 90-95% of the people with diabetes have type-2 diabetes. Type-2 diabetes is defined as a disorder in your metabolic system and is described as high blood sugar‚ lack of insulin‚ and resistant to insulin. This disease can also be received by it running through the family. Many people do not acknowledge this disease because it is
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Diabetes‚ Get Control of your Life PLH/458 Diabetes‚ Get Control of your life In the creative process there are four stages. They are searching for challenges‚ expressing the problem or issue‚ investigating the problem or issue‚ and producing ideas. (Ruggiero‚ 1987) As you constantly search for challenges your perception is the key to finding ones that are important to you. By expressing the problem or issue in several different ways you can develop which expression works out the best
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Le Dao Professor Lang ENGL 908 April 20‚ 2017 DIABETES Being infected with a disease called diabetes‚ my grandmother‚ the one that I love the most‚ had been paralyzed for more than 8 years and finally passed away on October 15‚ 2016. Seeing her suffering with this kind of sickness for such a long time but I couldn’t do anything to help is what I regret the most. When my grandmother was paralyzed‚ I was only 9 years old. At such a young age‚ there’s nothing I can do to help her except watching her
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Ever wondered about Diabetes? You may never have known that it is one of the most commonly misunderstood diseases in our world today. One of the reasons for this is because a lot of people think that Diabetes is affected by sugar intake. Well that is definitely wrong because Diabetes is all about the control and regulation of Insulin; a growth hormone produced in the pancreas. Insulin’s primary role is to control the level of blood glucose or blood sugar in the body in order to keep it from getting
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Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes in Childhood Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus is increasing every year to the extent that it has become a global epidemic. Diabetes UK report that globally form 1975 to 2010 it was estimated to treble from 70 million to 220 million and in the UK it was estimated that from 1980 to 2010 it would almost quadruple from 800‚000 to 3 million (Diabetes UK 2004). A 2006 review by the World Health Organisation (WHO) has estimated that if the present trends continue‚ by 2025 the global
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Epidemiological Analysis of Type II Diabetes Linda Dedo University of Phoenix Type II Diabetes Type II diabetes is a non-infectious endocrine disorder present in various populations around the world. The disease affects nearly 6% of the world’s inhabitants (Adeghate‚ Schattner‚ & Dunn‚ 2006). In 2001‚ the International Diabetes Federation predicted that by 2025 over 300 million people would be afflicted with diabetes. Over 97% of those affected would be type II diabetics. Both genetics
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types of diabetes. I. Introduction A. Attention Getter: Show of hands. How many of you all have or know someone with Diabetes? B. Reason to Listen: According to the “2013 Fast Fact Sheet” from the American Diabetes Association‚ nearly 26 million children and adults in the United States have diabetes‚ which is nearly 10% of the U.S. population. *exact facts are: 25.8 mil and 8.3% C. Credibility Statement: Almost all of my family on the mother’s side has had or are living with Diabetes. In 10th
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THE EFFECTS OF JUVENILE DIABETES IN CHILDREN Submitted by Jonah de Vera Johanna Marie Nicolas Business Department Assumption College San Lorenzo Village‚ Makati March 6‚ 2008 I. Introduction Diabetes was known way back by physicians of Ancient Greece and named as such and means “siphon” in Greek and was not as spectacular as it is now. Doctors and scientists think diabetes may be caused by viruses‚ genetics and environmental factors such as obesity and lack of exercise
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