The formal name of diabetes, diabetes mellitus, comes from the Greek word for a siphon, “diabainein,” and from the word “mellitus,” which means “like honey,” because people who have the disease frequently urinate and their pee smells sweet. The disease has been known since antiquity, and many have tried to treat it. In ancient Egypt, […]
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A DNA Link between Diabetes and Obesity
There is no known reason for what causes diabetes. There are certainly risk factors that make the likelihood of you being diagnosed with the disease higher. One of the only risk factors that you have control over is your weight. If you are obese, the single best thing you can do for your health and […]
Diabetes Epidemic
With obesity levels being at an all time high, the diabetes epidemic, mainly of type 2 diabetes is growing at an alarming rate, and will only get worse. Between 2001 and 2002, the diagnosis of diabetes went from 5.5 percent of Americans to an alarming 6.5 percent. In just one year! Overall, twelve million Americans […]
