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	Defeat Diabetes Foundation - Awareness + Action = Prevention -- Take a Diabetes Screening Test
		Terms are listed alphabetically, and only the meanings which pertain to diabetes are included.
		A condition of the shoulder associated with diabetes that results in pain and loss of the ability to move the shoulder in all directions.
		Diabetes occurs when the body cannot make use of the glucose in the blood for energy because either the pancreas is not able to make enough insulin or the insulin that is available is not effective.
	www.defeatdiabetes.org /terms.htm (8228 words)

	ipedia.com: Diabetes mellitus Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Diabetes is often detected when a person suffers a problem frequently caused by diabetes, such as a heart attack, stroke, neuropathy, poor wound healing or a foot ulcer, certain eye problems, certain fungal infections, or delivering a baby with macrosomia or hypoglycemia.
		Especially dangerous symptoms in diabetics include the smell of acetone on the patient's breath (a sign of ketoacidosis), Kussmaul breathing (a rapid, deep breathing), and any altered state of consciousness or arousal (hostility and mania are both possible, as is confusion and lethargy).
		The discovery of the role of the pancreas in diabetes is generally credited to Joseph Von Mering and Oskar Minkowski, two European researchers who, in 1889, found that when they completely removed the pancreas of dogs, the dogs developed all the signs and symptoms of diabetes and died shortly afterward.
	www.ipedia.com /diabetes_mellitus.html (5013 words)

	Diabetes Mellitus Glossary of Terms with Definitions on MedicineNet.com
		Acidosis is associated with diabetic ketoacidosis, lung disease, and severe kidney disease.
		In persons with diabetes, chronic hyperglycemia (assessed by glycosylated hemoglobin level) is related to the development of microvascular disease; however, the relation of glycosylated hemoglobin to macrovascular disease is less clear.
		Diabetic retinopathy is retinal disease associated with diabetes.
	www.medicinenet.com /diabetes_mellitus/glossary.htm (9247 words)

	Diabetes Dictionary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		a condition associated with diabetes in which the fingers and the palm of the hand thicken and shorten, causing the fingers to curve inward.
		A person with diabetes may use short needles or pinch the skin and inject at an angle to avoid an intramuscular injection of insulin.
		a treatment for diabetes in which blood glucose is kept as close to normal as possible through frequent injections or use of an insulin pump; meal planning; adjustment of medicines; and exercise based on blood glucose test results and frequent contact with a person's health care team.
	diabetic.preventive-med.com /diabetesDictionary.html (4516 words)

	Diabetes mellitus : Exploring Essential Information, Data and Explanation.
		Diabetes is easily in the top 10, and perhaps in the top 5, most devastating diseases in the developed world, and is becoming rapidly more so (see big killers).
		Much of the vascular damage associated with diabetes mellitus seems to be due, in large part, to prolonged uncontrolled high blood pressure which is common in diabetics -- probably due to insulin resistance or renal failure / damage or both.
		Each term is a misnomer, most especially since the obesity epidemic of recent years has lead to increased incidence of Type 2 diabetes in children and adolescents.
	www.llpoh.org /Common-Diseases/Diabetes_mellitus.html (6905 words)

	Diabetes mellitus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The discovery of a role for the pancreas in diabetes is generally ascribed to Joseph von Mering and Oskar Minkowski, who in 1889 found that when the pancreases of dogs were removed, the dogs developed all the signs and symptoms of diabetes and died shortly afterward.
		Type 1 diabetes mellitus - formerly known as insulin-dependent diabetes (IDDM), childhood diabetes, or juvenile-onset diabetes - is characterized by loss of the insulin-producing beta cells of the islets of Langerhans of the pancreas leading to a deficiency of insulin.
		Diabetic foot, often due to a combination of neuropathy and arterial disease, may cause skin ulcer and infection and, in serious cases, necrosis and gangrene.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Diabetes (6339 words)

	Diabetes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Diabetes is a disease in which the pancreas, the organ that produces the hormone insulin to help glucose (a sugar) get into the body’s cells, does not work properly.
		Diabetic retinopathy affects 40 to 45 percent of the 13 million Americans diagnosed with diabetes.
		Studies of diabetes and pregnancy are consistent in their conclusions that proper prepregnancy and pregnancy glycemia control and careful perinatal obstetrical monitoring are associated with reduction in perinatal death and congenital abnormalities.
	www.4woman.gov /pub/steps/Diabetes.htm (1885 words)

	Diabetes Prevention Glossary of Terms with Definitions on MedicineNet.com
		Disruption sequence: The events that occur when a fetus that is developing normally is subjected to a destructive agent such as the rubella (German measles) virus.
		The estimated lifetime risk of developing diabetes for individuals born in 2000 in the US is 32.8% for males and 38.5% for females.
		Diabetes - Information on Diabetes (Diabetes Mellitus) including types, causes, symptoms of diabetes, medications, and treatment.
	www.medicinenet.com /diabetes_prevention/glossary.htm (3082 words)

	insulin shock - OmniMedicalSearch.com - insulin shock (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		WebMD gives you a list of terms associated with Diabetes and the definitions for them.
		If you have type 1 diabetes, are pregnant and have diabetes or have gestational diabetes, your doctor may ask you to check your urine for ketones.
		The risk of developing diabetes after shock wave lithotripsy is almost four times the risk of people with kidney stones treated with medicine, and the risk of developing hypertension is one and one-half times, which is a significant risk increase.
	www.omnimedicalsearch.com /sr_insulin_shock.html (617 words)

	MedBioWorld: Online medical and bioscience dictionaries, glossaries and terminologies
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	www.sciencekomm.at /advice/dict.html (382 words)

	Roadmap to the Project: Experiments List
		Study of the Metabolism of a Bladder Carcinogen Using Carbon-14
		Study of Metabolism of Lactate and Pyruvate with Diabetes Using Carbon-14 Tracer
		Studies of Potassium Metabolism in Diabetes Using Potassium-42 Tracer
	www.eh.doe.gov /ohre/roadmap/experiments/0491terms.html (3500 words)

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