Diabetes treatment

Diabetes treatment

Diabetes prevention and treatment.

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dawn phenomenon

Health care; Diabetes treatment

A sudden rise in blood glucose levels in the early morning hours. This condition sometimes occurs in people with type 1 (formerly known as insulin-dependent) diabetes and (rarely) in people with type ...

segmental transplantation

Health care; Diabetes treatment

A surgical procedure in which a part of a pancreas that contains insulin-producing cells is placed in a person whose pancreas has stopped making insulin.

pancreas transplant

Health care; Diabetes treatment

A surgical procedure that involves replacing the pancreas of a person who has diabetes with a healthy pancreas that can make insulin.

xylitol

Health care; Diabetes treatment

A sweetener found in plants and used as a substitute for sugar; it is called a nutritive sweetener because it provides calories, just like sugar.

acarbose

Health care; Diabetes treatment

an oral medicine used to treat Type 2 diabetes. It blocks the enzymes that digest starches in food. The result is a slower and lower rise in blood glucose throughout the day, especially right after ...

Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT)

Health care; Diabetes treatment

a study by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, conducted from 1983 to 1993 in people with Type 1 diabetes. The study showed that intensive therapy compared to ...

diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA)

Health care; Diabetes treatment

an emergency condition in which extremely high blood glucose levels, along with a severe lack of insulin, result in the breakdown of body fat for energy and an accumulation of ketones in the blood ...