Comparison of Insulin‚ Metformin‚ and Diet Effect on Gestational Diabetes RESEARCH ARTICLE: Rowan J.‚ Gao W.‚ Battin M.‚ & Moore M. (2008). Metformin Vs. Insulin for the Treatment of Gestational Diabetes. The New England Journal of Medicine. 358(19):2003-2015. GENERAL ARTICLE: Abedin S. (2009). Study: Diet Can Help Avoid Diabetes Drugs. Time magazine. Comparison of Insulin‚ Metformin‚ and Diet Effect on Gestational Diabetes Introduction Diabetes is an epidemic disorder. Number of diabetes patients
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Diabetes is a disease in which the ability of the body to respond or produce the hormone insulin is impaired that leads to abnormal metabolism of carbohydrates and increase level of glucose in blood and urine. The most common types of diabetes are type 1‚ type 2 and gestational diabetes. Type 1 diabetes is caused when the immune system of the body attacks and destroys its own insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas. It accounts for 5 to 10 percent of all diagnosed cases of diabetes. It typically
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The Ins and Outs of Diabetes Mellitus Type One and Two Ana P. Pesqueira Lonestar College Montgomery Abstract This paper will discuss and inform readers on the disease diabetes. There are two types of diabetes that affect human beings‚ Diabetes Mellitus and Diabetes Insipidus‚ in this paper the term diabetes will refer to diabetes mellitus. It will touch down on what causes diabetes and the symptoms that those with diabetes possess. The two type of diabetes‚ type 1 and type 2 will be explained thoroughly
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Type 2 Diabetes in children and adolescents is an emerging epidemic within the last 20 years. Diabetes is one of the most common chronic diseases in children and adolescents; about 151‚000 people below the age of 20 years have diabetes (CDC‚ 2009). There has been an increase in the amount of younger people‚ including teenagers that have been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. According to the CDC website‚ type 2 diabetes in children and adolescents‚ although still rare‚ is being diagnosed
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Diabetes is a chronic condition in which the levels of glucose in the blood are too high. Anna Foley is a newly diagnosed patient with diabetes mellitus type 1. It will be discussed how diabetes mellitus type 1 disrupts the normal control of blood glucose in the body‚ the presenting symptoms of someone who has been newly diagnosed with the condition‚ and the nursing care requirements and care plan will be outlined for Miss Foley. According to Australian Diabetes Council (2013)‚ type one diabetes
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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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Cardiovascular Risk and Its Association with Hyperlipidemia‚ Diabetes Mellitus and Smoking in Singapore P K Lim¹‚ T S S Shirley¹‚ H Y Shi¹‚ L K Lau¹ ¹School of Health Sciences (Nursing)‚ Ngee Ann Polytechnic‚ Singapore Abstract Objective: To find out the prevalence of hyperlipidemia‚ diabetes mellitus and smoking as well as to increase the awareness of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) among residents in Singapore. Design: Cross sectional study‚ quantitative study‚ convenience sampling. Setting:
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or exercise‚ nutrition‚ and motivators of positive attitude‚ but they have never done the In the past 20 years‚ Type 2 diabetes has been prevalent in the United States (Eckel ‚ Kahn‚ Ferranni‚ Goldfine‚ Nathan‚ Schwartz‚ and Smith‚ 201‚ p.1425). Diabetes is one of the most relevant health concerns in the U.S. Diabetes causes high rates of obesity‚ which may become part of a family’s history‚ and it can cause effects for later generations. According to Amuta‚ Crosslin‚ Goodman‚ and Barry (2016)
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LP3.1 Assignment: Compare & Contrast Essay – Draft Diabetes: Type 1 vs. Type 2 Diabetes is a group of metabolic diseases in which a person has high blood sugar‚ either because the body does not produce enough insulin‚ or because cells do not respond to the insulin that is produced. It is caused by very low insulin levels in one’s body‚ resistance to insulin‚ no insulin production or a combination of factors. Insulin is a hormone which is normally produced by the pancreas that works in
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infections‚ head and spinal cord injuries‚ and injuries. (Myfundi‚ 2012) Coma State of unconsciousness is termed as coma which is explained as brain disorder. A patient in state of coma is not able to interact with the environment. There may be sleep and wakening intervals but patient is not able to know much about the surroundings. The brain signals and activity in common person under sleep is much variant than in patient under coma sleep. A person in comatose condition is not waked up but the normal
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