Posts Tagged ‘diabetes types’

Diabetes Mellitus - What is it?

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Diabetes Mellitus is a term often used to describe Type 1 diabetes or even diabetes in general. As we became exposed to the condition, the different names and types of diabetes was an initial source of confusion. Let us give you a little history lesson on the origin of the word and hopefully [...]

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What is Insulin?

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Insulin, and the organ that produces it - the pancreas - will remind you how amazing the human body is.

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Type 1 vs Type 2 Diabetes

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More and more people around the world are becoming familiar with diabetes.  But if you were to ask “Type 1 or Type 2?” you’d typically get blank stares.
The most common form of diabetes globally is termed Type 2 diabetes.  Almost 90% of all diabetes cases in the US are Type 2, and in Thailand, where [...]

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