* African Americans generally tend to have a high risk of dying from a stroke, chiefly due to high blood pressure and uncontrolled diabetes.

Benefits include reduced risks of cancer, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, insulin resistance, immune disorders, and more generally, the slowing of the aging process, and the potential to increase maximum life span.

Snapple was able to acquire the contract in part because New York City officials did not want to encourage the consumption of sodas, which have been linked to childhood obesity, diabetes and are generally considered unhealthy.

Gestational diabetes generally has few symptoms and it is most commonly diagnosed by screening during pregnancy.

Women with gestational diabetes who manage the condition with diet and exercise or with medication generally have smaller birthweight babies, leading to other problems, such as survival rate of premature and early births, particularly male babies.

The IPE is affected by glaucoma, diabetes, and iris inflammations and atrophies of various kinds, generally responding by showing patchy thinning and depigmentation.

In previous human trials, BCG has not generally been shown to have a benefit in the prevention of type 1 diabetes or remission of the disease in those who are newly diagnosed, although one study from Israel did show a benefit ( disease remission ) in newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes.

Weight loss surgery generally results in greater weight loss than conventional treatment, and leads to improvements in quality of life and obesity related diseases such as hypertension and diabetes.

Hypoglycemia can also be caused by sulfonylureas in people with type 2 diabetes, although it is far less common because glucose counterregulation generally remains intact in people with type 2 diabetes.

Similarly, differences in the overall level of health in individuals also exist between differing social classes, with lower-status socioeconomic groups generally having poorer health and higher rates of chronic illness including obesity, diabetes, and hypertension ; whether these are considered disparities to be eliminated depends on the author.

It is pretty widely recognized that minority groups generally have higher death rates from cancer, heart disease and diabetes than whites.

In the case of diabetes, it refers to the low levels of insulin usually maintained in the absence of perturbing events ( e. g., food, infection, stress, ...).

* Macrosomia – Abnormally large ; in a diabetes context, ti refers to abnormally large babies that may be born to women with diabetes whose pregnancies are not closely monitored.

In most medical contexts, the term diabetic coma refers to the diagnostical dilemma posed when a physician is confronted with an unconscious patient about whom nothing is known except that he has diabetes.

In other contexts the term diabetologist refers to any physician, including endocrinologists, whose practice and / or research efforts are concentrated mainly in diabetes care.

Maturity onset diabetes of the young ( MODY ) refers to any of several hereditary forms of diabetes caused by mutations in an autosomal dominant gene ( sex independent, i. e. inherited from any of the parents ) disrupting insulin production.

* " Stones " refers to kidney stones, nephrocalcinosis, and diabetes insipidus ( polyuria and polydipsia ).

And extra weight increases the risk of cancer, diabetes, artery disease and heart attack.

The extra insulin resistance caused by Hepatitis C apparently brings on diabetes at 35 or 40, instead of 65 or 70.

Instructions include advice on how much extra insulin to take when sugar levels appear uncontrolled, an easily digestible diet rich in salt and carbohydrates, means to suppress fever and treat infection, and recommendations when to call for medical help ( such as a certified diabetes educator ).

Most people can produce enough extra insulin to compensate for this effect and maintain normal glucose levels, but those who cannot develop steroid diabetes.

Certain diabetes blood sugar meters measure the amount of glucose in the blood through its redox potential.

This may occur when people who have diabetes take too much oral hypoglycemic medication or insulin for the amount of food they eat.

Poor management of type 1 diabetes mellitus, also known as insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus ( IDDM ), leads to an excessive amount of glucose and an insufficient amount of insulin in the bloodstream.

In a collaboration within a single hospital between multiple clinicians, mediated by an " electronic medical record ", there may actually be a substantial amount of dispute and negotiation going on among, say, a group focusing on treating diabetes and another group focusing on treating congestive heart failure.

Compassion meditation has been shown to lower the participants reaction to inflammation and distress, both of which are associated with, " major depression, heart disease and diabetes ," in response to stressors, a change that was dependent on the amount of time spent practicing, with practitioners who spent more time meditating having corresponding more significant changes in their brains.

Furthermore, it has been noted that no amount of medical attention will help decrease the likelihood of someone getting type 1 diabetes or rheumatoid arthritis-yet both are more common among populations with lower socioeconomic status.

One of these is resistin which has been linked to obesity, insulin resistance, and Type 2 diabetes.

Genetically modified bacteria are used to produce the protein insulin to treat diabetes.

The most common forms of hypoglycemia occur as a complication of treatment of diabetes mellitus with insulin or oral medications.

Circumstances include the age of the patient, time of day, time since last meal, previous episodes, nutritional status, physical and mental development, drugs or toxins ( especially insulin or other diabetes drugs ), diseases of other organ systems, family history, and response to treatment.

By far, the most common cause of severe hypoglycemia in this age range is insulin injected for type 1 diabetes.

The incidence of hypoglycemia due to complex drug interactions, especially involving oral hypoglycemic agents and insulin for diabetes, rises with age.

When insulin is deficient or cells become resistant to it, diabetes occurs.

With the exception of the metabolic disorder diabetes mellitus and metabolic syndrome, insulin is provided within the body in a constant proportion to remove excess glucose from the blood, which otherwise would be toxic.

When control of insulin levels fails, diabetes mellitus can result.

As a consequence, insulin is used medically to treat some forms of diabetes mellitus.

Patients with type 1 diabetes depend on external insulin ( most commonly injected subcutaneously ) for their survival because the hormone is no longer produced internally.

Patients with type 2 diabetes are often insulin resistant and, because of such resistance, may suffer from a " relative " insulin deficiency.

Some patients with type 2 diabetes may eventually require insulin if other medications fail to control blood glucose levels adequately.

Over 40 % of those with Type 2 diabetes require insulin as part of their diabetes management plan.

The insulin pump is a medical device used for the administration of insulin in the treatment of diabetes mellitus, also known as continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion therapy.

* Recent studies of use of insulin pumps in Type 2 diabetes have shown profound improvements in HbA1c, sexual performance, and neuropathy pain.

Many diabetes specialists no longer think of flexible insulin therapy as " intensive " or " special " treatment for a select group of patients but simply as standard care for most patients with type 1 diabetes.

* 1922 – First use of insulin to treat diabetes in a human patient.

Macleod's main work was on carbohydrate metabolism and his efforts with Frederick Banting and Charles Best in the discovery of insulin used to treat diabetes.

Additionally, fiber, perhaps especially that from whole grains, is thought to possibly help lessen insulin spikes, and therefore reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes.