Diabetes

Many pregnant women may become scared at the first mention of the term gestational diabetes as it sounds huge like a debilitating disease. Well you do not have to get worked up because it is just a temporary condition that occurs…

Almost anyone can be afflicted with diabetes. It is a medical disorder that affects the blood sugar level of a person resulting to different complications. Amazingly, while diabetes can be preverted or slowed down, there are lots of…

According to statistics, there are more than thirteen thousand children who were diagnosed having diabetes (type I) formerly known to be juvenile diabetes. But in current years, there were increasing number of children who acquired…

Your body obtains glucose from the food you take in, the liver and muscles also supply your body with glucose. Blood transports the glucose to cells throughout the body. Insulin, a chemical hormone, helps the body's cells to take in the…

Diabetes mellitus or DM is a disease affecting multi-organ systems due to the abnormal insulin production, improper insulin use or even both. It is a very serious health problem throughout the world effecting thousands of people.A…

Diabetes is a complex metabolic disorder characterized by the presence of high blood sugar levels. Diabetes occurs both in adults and children and can result in multiple organ failure, if left untreated. On an average, 5% of world…

Insulin is a hormone in our body produced by the pancreas that transfers glucose from blood to the cells. When cells do not respond to insulin or the pancreas do not produce enough insulin, the condition is called diabetes. During…

A devastating disease that is attacking our children and our teens is type 2 diabetes. Most children that have diabetes are born with it, and this is called type one diabetes, but there is a growing number of children that are…

In May of 2018, the journal Hormone and Metabolic Research reported on a study performed at the South Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University in Harbin, China, and the First Hospital of Jilin University in Changchun, China. High…

Stress levels have increased, and like many other risk factors contributing to Type 2 diabetes or heart disease, we are now exposed to many more stressors than previous generations have been.Stress has a way of affecting how we eat. It…