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• Diabetes Insipidus, Neurogenic: A disturbed water balance due to a deficiency of vasopressin (antidiuretic) hormone which causes excessive thirst and urination. Causes include autoimmune disease, malignancy, trauma, infection and blood vessel
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Common Metformin Side Effects Metformin and metformin ER have been studied thoroughly in clinical trials, with many people having been evaluated. In these studies, side effects occurring in a group of people taking the drug are always documented
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The Gestational Diabetes Initiative is a program to educate and provide resources for women who have had gestational diabetes during their pregnancy. The DOHMH will send resource packets to more than 4,000 affected mothers describing health risks,
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• Diabetes epidemic among African Americans - 3.7 million; 14.7 percent of all non-Hispanic blacks aged twenty and older have diagnosed and undiagnosed diabetes. • Diabetes epidemic among Hispanics/Latinos - 10.4 percent of Hispanics/Latinos ages
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• Cranial nerves go to the eye muscles. Damage to these nerves usually happens in one eye. The damaged eye does not move together with the healthy one, and you can have double vision. This problem happens all of a sudden and usually lasts for a
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• KETOSIS-RESISTANT DIABETES MELLITUS (noun) The noun KETOSIS-RESISTANT DIABETES MELLITUS has 1 sense: 1. mild form of diabetes mellitus that develops gradually in adults; can be precipitated by obesity or severe stress or menopause or other factors;
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What are the dangers and/or advantages of using insulin shock therapy in treatment of schizophrenia?
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Insulin shock therapy replaced electric shock therapy in the 60s. This type of therapy as been discontinued in favor of mood altering drugs. Insulin shock treatment was too extreme and resulted in death. Now, finish your research somewhere else.
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You may be more likely to have hyperglycemia (high blood sugar) if you are taking metformin with other drugs that raise blood sugar. Drugs that can raise blood sugar include: isoniazid diuretics (water pills) steroids (prednisone and others)
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Diabetes insipidus and diabetes mellitus should not be confused. Mellitus occurs due to insulin deficiency or insulin resistance and subsequent high blood glucose levels. The two forms of diabetes are unrelated, and diabetes mellitus is far more
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Diabetes can cause extensive foot damage. Damage can sometimes occur and go unnoticed for long periods of time. Listed below are 3 reasons why this happens: • Diabetes can cause nerve-damage. This is most commonly known as diabetic neuropathy.
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