Diabetes


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Blood test
Blood test
Diabetic blood circulation in foot
Diabetic blood circulation in foot
Diabetic retinopathy
Endocrine glands
Endocrine glands
Food and insulin release
Food and insulin release
Insulin production and diabetes
Insulin production and diabetes
Insulin pump
Insulin pump
Insulin pump
Insulin pump
Glucose test
Insulin test
Islets of Langerhans
Monitor blood glucose - series
Monitor blood glucose - series
Pancreas
Pancreas
Type I diabetes
Type I diabetes
Prevention

Maintaining an ideal body weight and an active lifestyle may prevent the onset of type 2 diabetes. Currently there is no way to prevent type 1 diabetes.


References

Standards of medical care in diabetes--2007. Diabetes Care. Jan 2007;30 Suppl 1:S4-S41.

Larsen PR, Kronberg HM, Schlomo M, et al. Williams Textbook of Endocrinology. 10th ed. St. Louis, Mo: WB Saunders; 2003:1427-1468, 1485-1504.

Armstrong C. ADA Releases Standards of Medical Care for Patients with Diabetes. Am Fam Physician. Sept 2006; 74(5); 871-874.

Caballero E. Prediabetes. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. Jan 2007; 92(1); 15A-16A.



Review Date: 02/08/2007
Reviewed By: Robert Hurd, MD, Professor of Endocrinology, Department of Biology, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.


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