Posted on June 17th, 2008 by admin
Syndrome X is a term used a describe a set of cardiovascular risk factors that includes glucose or insulin disturbances, high blood cholesterol and triglyceride levels, elevated blood pressure, and upper-body obesity. Other terms to describe this syndrome are the metabolic cardiovascular risk syndrome (MCVS), Raven’s syndrome, insulin resistance syndrome, and atherothrombogenic syndrome. While there […]
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Posted on June 14th, 2008 by admin
The pancreas is a cylindrical gland lying between the stomach and the spinal cord. It has the unique function of secreting the hormones insulin and glucagons that are required to control the sugar level in the blood. And apart from secreting hormones, the pancreas also produces digestive enzymes. The first pancreatic transplant took place in […]
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Posted on May 6th, 2008 by admin
A person with well controlled diabetes does not have complains like thirst, excess of urine or weakness. A person with diabetes, should weigh himself/herself at regular intervals, in the same type of clothes or a reliable scale. He/she should test the urine regularly for glucose/sugar; an occasional urine test is of no value. An estimate […]
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