Ladies and gentlemen, I stand here before you at a time in which the health care of older Americans has become a critical issue. Or should I say issues' We have more people needing more and more specialized care - this is critical. We have fewer and fewer people being asked to do more and ...

Coping with Diabetes Diabetes is a Greek work, meaning to "siphon". Mellitus, a Latin word, relates to a word meaning, "honey" or sweet tasting. Due to the high sugar content and the lack of earlier testing methodologies, testing the urine did give an indication that the ...

By 6:00 this evening, hundreds of animals will have had their eyes, skin, or gastrointestinal systems burned or destroyed to produce new versions of deodorant, hairspray, lipstick, and nail polish. Anesthesia is rarely administered, and these poor animals can suffer in agony for up to 168 hours. I...

Diabetic Retinopathy: You May Be At Risk For my I-search research paper I have chosen: What is diabetic retinopathy? How is it developed and how can it be treated? I am interested in this topic because recently I found out that my father has diabetes and one of the things he reported was that hi...

Insulin-Dependent Diabetes ******REMINDER****** The information contained in the Rare Disease Database is provided for educational purposes only. It should not be used for diagnostic or treatment purposes. If you wish to obtain more information about this disorder, p...

Diabetes in the United States Diabetes affects more than15.7 million American's, or 5.9% of the population. In the United States alone, 10.3 million people have been diagnosed with diabetes and 5.4 million people remain undiagnosed, with 798,000 new cases diagnosed each year. Diabetes affe...

Introduction According to Statistics Canada (2010), 12,795 youth aged 12-19 years of age were diagnosed with diabetes in Canada in the year 2010. Type 2 diabetes usually develops in adulthood, although increasing numbers of youth in high-risk populations are being diagnosed (Canadian Diabetes Assoc...