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Diabetes: Diabetes is a disease that affects your body's ability to produce or use insulin. Insulin is a hormone. When your body turns the food you eat into energy (also called sugar or glucose), insulin is released to help transport this energy to the cells. Insulin acts as a "key." Its chemical message tells the cell to open and receive glucose. If you produce little or no insulin, or are insulin resistant, too much sugar remains in your blood. Blood glucose levels are higher than normal for individuals with diabetes. There are two main types of diabetes: Type 1 and Type 2.
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OCT 27, 2016
Videos
Halloween is around the corner, and for many kids (and adults), it's all about the candy loot. And because the treats ar
...
OCT 24, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
New research done at Helmholtz Zentrum München, in partnership with the German Center for Diabetes Research and col
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 24, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
For people that suffer from diseases with no treatments, the outlook can be bleak. One such illness is Charcot-Marie-Too
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 20, 2016
Videos
Many plant-based substances can be used for medicinal purposes. Everyone's grandma has at least one or two household rem
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 17, 2016
Cardiology
For reasons not completely understood by scientists, our own heart muscle cells, called cardiomyocytes, secrete a protei
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 17, 2016
Chemistry & Physics
There might be a new kind of anti-viral medication coming to a pharmacy near you. An international research group led by
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
OCT 13, 2016
Immunology
Over seven percent of individuals in the UK with type 1 diabetes are children, and the autoimmune diseases grows more co
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 12, 2016
Cancer
By now, it’s well established that high sugar consumption is linked to a host of health conditions, such as diabet
...
OCT 04, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
The 2016 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Yoshinori Ohsumi for his influential work inves
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 03, 2016
Cardiology
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...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 28, 2016
Cardiology
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...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 23, 2016
Immunology
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...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 21, 2016
Immunology
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...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 21, 2016
Cardiology
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...
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Kara Marker
SEP 17, 2016
Immunology
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...
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Kara Marker
SEP 14, 2016
Cardiology
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...
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Kara Marker
SEP 13, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
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...
SEP 12, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
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...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 09, 2016
Videos
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...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 07, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
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...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 02, 2016
Cardiology
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...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 29, 2016
Immunology
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...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 29, 2016
Cardiology
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...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 29, 2016
Cancer
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...