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Diabetes treatment
Diabetes prevention and treatment.
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Diabetes treatment
combination therapy
Health care; Diabetes treatment
The use of different medicines together to manage blood glucose levels.
congestive heart failure
Health care; Diabetes treatment
The type of heart failure in which loss of the heart’s pumping power causes fluid to build up in the body.
proinsulin
Health care; Diabetes treatment
The substance made first in the pancreas and then broken into several pieces to become insulin.
triglyceride
Health care; Diabetes treatment
The storage form of fat in the body. High triglyceride levels may occur when diabetes is out of control.
capillary
Health care; Diabetes treatment
The smallest of the body's blood vessels. Oxygen and glucose pass through capillary walls and enter the cells. Waste products such as carbon dioxide pass back from the cells into the blood through ...
glomerular filtration rate (GFR)
Health care; Diabetes treatment
The rate at which the kidneys filter wastes and extra fluid from the blood, measured in milliliters per minute.
