Posted in Definition on 21. Jul, 2010
Question by Jules: is diabetes considered a glycogen storage disease?
i am a type 1 diabetic and filling out college scholarship information and when i got to the “disabilities” section diabetes is not an option but glycogen storage disease is so im wondering if diabetes is included in that? or should i just mark off medical [...]
Posted in Definition on 20. Jun, 2010
Question by kitty: Is having diabetes and insulin dependent considered a disability legally?
I have a friend who was told her can’t get his driving permit or license untill he goes 2 or 2 whole years w/o a seizure from his diabetes. He is almost 18 now. He is insulin dependant. He has to take it [...]
Posted in Definition on 12. Apr, 2010
The reason I ask is because it seems heavy metals can cause type two diabetes. Smoking tends to cause cadmium poisoning. It would seem that it should contribute to it, but smokers tend to be slimmer which wouldn’t correlate to the strong relationship between obesity and diabetes.
Does anyone know of any sources indicating [...]
Posted in Definition on 23. Feb, 2010
so yeah, can someone give me a not so confusing answer for it? What i was thinking was since Insulin stimulates glucose uptake by cells & diabetes is high blood sugar, wouldn’t it be oversecretion? i don’t understand why it’s the other way around. Im not great when it comes to science, but i try [...]
Posted in Definition on 05. Feb, 2010
If you have only 1 person with diabetes in a very large family, is this considered family history of diabetes?
