A Study of Diabetes Mellitus

Date Submitted: 09/09/2006 23:23:12
Category: / Science & Technology / Biology
Length: 10 pages (2853 words)
Abstract Diabetes is a disease that affects 18.2 million people in the United States alone. This disease results when there is a high level of sugar in the blood for an extended period of time. It can be controlled by diet, exercise, pills and insulin injections. There are three main types of diabetes--Type I, which affects primarily the younger population; Type II, which primarily affects the population above 40; and gestational diabetes, which affects women during the …
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