Diabesity
Diabesity: Diabetes caused by overweight or obesity. From diabetes + obesity. Synonymous with the usual form of type 2 diabetes. UCLA started a Diabesity Research Program in 1998.
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- Diabetes
Diabetes: Usually refers to diabetes mellitus or, less often, to diabetes insipidus. Diabetes mellitus and diabetes insipidus share the name “diabetes” because they are both conditions characterized by excessive urination (polyuria). The word “diabetes” is from the Greek word meaning “a siphon” because people with diabetes “passed water like a siphon.” When “diabetes” is used […]
- Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institute of (NIDDK): One of the National Institutes of Health in the U.S., the NIDDK has a multisystem name and a comparably broad mission, namely, to “conduct and support basic and applied research and provide leadership for a national program in diabetes, endocrinology, and metabolic diseases; digestive diseases […]
- Diabetes and fiber
Diabetes and fiber: Soluble fibers (oat bran, apples, citrus, pears, peas/beans, psyllium, etc.) slow down the digestion of carbohydrates (sugars), which results in better glucose metabolism. Some patients with the adult-onset diabetes may actually be successfully treated with a high-fiber diet alone, and those on insulin, can often reduce their insulin requirements by adhering to […]
- Diabetes Association, American (ADA)
Diabetes Association, American (ADA): The American Diabetes Association (ADA) states: “The American Diabetes Association is the nation’s leading nonprofit health organization providing diabetes research, information and advocacy. Founded in 1940, it was reorganized in 1969 to increase its ability to serve the public. Today, offices in more than 800 communities conduct programs in all 50 […]
- Diabetes insipidus
Excessive urination and extreme thirst as a result of inadequate output of the pituitary hormone ADH (antidiuretic hormone, also called vasopressin) or the lack of the normal response by the kidney to ADH. There are two types of diabetes insipidus — central and nephrogenic. Central diabetes insipidus is a lack of ADH production and is […]