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Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
T2DM is insulin resistance + relative insulin deficiency. 90-95% of diabetes. Cardiovascular risk is paramount — GLP-1 agonists and SGLT2 inhibitors have proven CV/renal benefits.
T2DM
Type 2 diabetes
NIDDM
adult-onset diabetes
insulin resistance diabetes
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What is type 2 diabetes?Type 2 diabetes is a disease in which your blood glucose, or blood sugar, levels are too high. Glucose is your main source of energy. It comes from the foods you eat. A hormone called insulin helps the glucose get into your cells to give them energy. If you have diabetes, your body doesn't make enough insulin or doesn't use insulin well. The glucose then stays in your blood and not enough goe…
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Diabetes Type 2
What is type 2 diabetes?Type 2 diabetes is a disease in which your blood glucose, or blood sugar, levels are too high. Glucose is your main source of energy. It comes from the foods you eat. A hormone called insulin helps the glucose get into your cells to give them energy. If you have diabetes, your body doesn't make enough insulin or doesn't use insulin well. The glucose then stays in your blood and not enough goe…
Diabetes in Children and Teens
Until recently, the common type of diabetes in children and teens was type 1. It was called juvenile diabetes. With Type 1 diabetes, the pancreas does not make insulin. Insulin is a hormone that helps glucose,or sugar, get into your cells to give them energy. Without insulin, too much sugar stays in the blood.Now younger people are also getting type 2 diabetes. Type 2 diabetes used to be called adult-onset diabetes.…
How to Prevent Diabetes
What is diabetes?Diabetes, also called diabetes mellitus, is a disease that causes your blood glucose, or blood sugar, levels to be too high. There are three types of diabetes: type 1 diabetes, gestational diabetes, and type 2 diabetes. Type 2 diabetes is the most common type and may be prevented, delayed, or managed by making lifestyle changes.What is type 2 diabetes?If you have type 2 diabetes, your body doesn't m…
Diabetes
What is diabetes?Diabetes, also known as diabetes mellitus, is a disease in which your blood glucose, or blood sugar, levels are too high. Glucose is your body's main source of energy. Your body can make glucose, but it also comes from the food you eat. Insulin is a hormone made by your pancreas. Insulin helps move glucose from your bloodstream into your cells, where it can be used for energy.If you have diabetes, y…