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Diabetes is a chronic (lifelong) disease marked by high levels of sugar in the blood. See also: Gestational diabetes; Type 1 diabetes; Type 2 diabetes; Metabolic syndrome.
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Date:May 20, 2009
Diabetes is a chronic (lifelong) disease marked by high levels of sugar in the blood. Those with diabetes are at high risk for a number of complications. See also: Diabetes; Gestational diabetes; Metabolic syndrome; Type 1 diabetes; Type 2 diabetes.
Source:ADAM
Date:May 20, 2009
Diabetes mellitus is a condition in which the pancreas no longer produces enough insulin or when cells stop responding to the insulin that is produced, so that glucose in the blood cannot be absorbed into the cells of the body. Symptoms include fr...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is a condition that occurs during pregnancy . Like other forms of diabetes, GDM involves a defect in the way the body processes and uses sugars (glucose) in the diet. Gestational diabetes, however, has a number ...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
Gestational diabetes is a condition that occurs during pregnancy . Like other forms of diabetes, gestational diabetes involves a defect in the way the body processes and uses sugars (glucose) in the diet. Gestational diabetes, however, has a numbe...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Diabetes mellitus is a condition that occurs when either the pancreas does not produce enough insulin or the body's cells stop responding to the insulin that is produced. In either case, glucose in the blood cannot be absorbed or used by the cells...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
Diabetes mellitus is a common metabolic disorder resulting from defects in insulin action, insulin production, or both. Insulin, a hormone secreted by the pancreas, helps the body use and store glucose produced during the digestion of food. Charac...
Source:Gale Nutrition and Well-Being A to Z
Diabetes mellitus describes a group of diseases in which there is an elevated level of the sugar glucose, the body's main source of energy for cellular functions, in the blood. The level of glucose, as well as other "fuel" molecules, is increased ...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders Part I
Diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease in which the body is not able to correctly process glucose for cell energy due to either an insufficient amount of the hormone insulin or a physical resistance to the insulin the body does produce. Without pr...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
Diabetes is the Greek term for "passing through," a phrase used to describe multiple diseases characterized by excessive urination. There are multiple forms of diabetes. The most frequently described is diabetes mellitus, a chronic disorder involv...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders Part II
A serious disorder caused by an absence of or insufficient amount of insulin in the bloodstream. Insulin is a hormone produced by the pancreas in varying amounts, depending on the concentration of glucose (sugar). When the pancreas is unable to se...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Childhood and Adolescence
Colds and flus are NOT cured by antibiotics.
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Date:July 24, 2008
Antibiotics may be informally defined as the subgroup of anti-infectives derived from bacterial sources and used to treat bacterial infections.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery
Antibiotics may be informally defined as the sub-group of anti-infectives that are derived from bacterial sources and are used to treat bacterial infections. Other classes of drugs, most notably the sulfonamides, may be effective antibacterials. S...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
Antibiotics are drugs that are used to treat infections caused by bacteria and other organisms, including protozoa, parasites, and fungi.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer
Drugs used to combat bacteria that cause infection. Antibiotics are substances that combat bacteria, and, as a result, relieve the symptoms of infections caused by bacteria. They have only been available since the end of World War II (1945). There...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Childhood and Adolescence
Antibiotics are used for treatment or prevention of bacterial infection. They may be informally defined as the subgroup of anti-infectives that are derived from bacterial sources and are used to treat bacterial infections. Other classes of drugs, ...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
Antibiotics may be informally defined as the sub-group of anti-infectives that are derived from bacterial sources and are used to treat bacterial infections. Other classes of drugs, most notably the sulfonamides , may be effective antibacterials. ...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Obesity is an abnormal accumulation of body fat, usually 20% or more over an individual's ideal body weight. Obesity is associated with increased risk of illness, disability, and death. The branch of medicine that deals with the study and treatmen...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
Obesity is a term used to describe body weight that is much greater than what is considered healthy. If you are obese, you have a much higher amount of body fat than is healthy or desirable. Adults with a body mass index (BMI, calculated as weight...
Source:ADAM
Date:October 15, 2009
Obesity is the condition of having an excessive accumulation of fat in the body, resulting in a body weight more than 20% above the average for height, age, sex, and body type, and in elevated risk of disability, illness, and death.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders
Vertical sleeve gastrectomy is surgery to help with weight loss. The surgeon removes a large portion of your stomach. The smaller stomach limits the amount of food you can eat by making you feel full after eating small amounts of food. See also: G...
Source:ADAM
Date:November 4, 2009
Obesity , defined as a body mass index of 30 or greater, is an epidemic in the United States and other industrialized nations, and it is rapidly becoming one in developing nations. As countries transition to westernized lifestyles, obesity tends t...
Source:Gale Nutrition and Well-Being A to Z
Obesity is an abnormal accumulation of body fat, usually 20% or more over an individual's ideal body weight. Obesity is associated with increased risk of illness, disability, and death.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
Obesity is an abnormal accumulation of body fat, usually 20% or more over an individual's ideal body weight. Obesity is associated with increased risk of illness, disability, and death .
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Term describing a condition where the ratio of body fat to total body mass is higher than accepted norms. Obesity is a relative term used to describe the condition where the ratio of body fat, which is measurable, to total body mass is higher than...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Childhood and Adolescence
Obesity is an abnormal accumulation of body fat, usually 20 percent or more over an individual's ideal body weight. Obesity is associated with increased risk of illness, disability, and death. The branch of medicine that deals with the study and t...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
Oral contraceptives are medicines taken by mouth to help prevent pregnancy. They are also known as the pill, OCs, or birth control pills.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
Oral contraceptives are medicines taken by mouth to help prevent pregnancy . They are also known as the Pill, OCs, or birth control pills.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
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