The more severe form of diabetes is insulin-dependent diabetes, or type 1 diabetes. Type 1 diabetes is also often called “juvenile” diabetes, because type 1 diabetes typically does not present in patients out of their teen years.

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Type 1 diabetes forces the immune system to attack part of the pancreas. Scientists are

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Diabetes mellitus, most often referred to simply as diabetes, is a condition in which the body does not properly produce or regulate the hormone insulin. The hormone produced by the pancreas allows cells to absorb glucose from food, in order to turn those calories into energy. The body of a diabetic fails to properly respond to its own

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November is designated as National Diabetes Awareness Month, a time to remind all of our communities about a disease that can have serious consequences if not recognized.

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Many of the signs and symptoms of Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes are similar. For both types, there is an excess of glucose in the blood and not enough glucose maintained in the cells of your body. High glucose levels in Type I diabetes are due to a lack of insulin, because the insulin producing cells have been destroyed. Type 2 diabetes occurs when

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At work last week, a co-worker stopped in the middle of our day and looked at his right hand in amazement after it politely dropped the pen he was using. He picked the pen back up with his left hand, placed it back into his right hand and watched in disbelief as it refused to stay put.

He tried again. Plop…clatter. Onto the

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