Diabetes treatment

Diabetes treatment

Diabetes prevention and treatment.

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impotence

Health care; Diabetes treatment

The inability to get or maintain an erection for satisfactory sexual intercourse. Also called impotence.

point system

Health care; Diabetes treatment

A meal planning system that uses points to rate the caloric content of foods.

sucralose

Health care; Diabetes treatment

A dietary sweetener made from sugar but with no calories and no nutritional value.

A condition characterized by high blood glucose levels caused by either a lack of insulin or the body's inability to use insulin efficiently. Type 2 diabetes develops most often in middle-aged and ...

metabolic syndrome

Health care; Diabetes treatment

A grouping of health conditions associated with an increased risk for heart disease and type 2 diabetes. Conditions include hypertension, a large waist, high triglyceride levels, low hdl cholesterol ...

pen injector

Health care; Diabetes treatment

A penlike device for injecting insulin; contains a needle and a cartridge of insulin.

insulin

Health care; Diabetes treatment

A hormone that helps the body use glucose for energy. The beta cells of the pancreas make insulin. When the body cannot make enough insulin, insulin is taken by injection or other means.