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  2. Prediabetes - Wikipedia

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    Prediabetes is a component of metabolic syndrome and is characterized by elevated blood sugar levels that fall below the threshold to diagnose diabetes mellitus.It usually does not cause symptoms but people with prediabetes often have obesity (especially abdominal or visceral obesity), dyslipidemia with high triglycerides and/or low HDL cholesterol, and hypertension. [1]

  3. Outline of diabetes - Wikipedia

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    Prediabetes – Main types of diabetes: Type 1 diabetes – disease that results in autoimmune destruction of insulin-producing beta cells of the pancreas. [4] Type 2 diabetes – metabolic disorder that is characterized by high blood glucose in the context of insulin resistance and relative insulin deficiency. [5]

  4. Prevention of type 2 diabetes - Wikipedia

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    Prevention of type 2 diabetes can be achieved with both lifestyle changes and use of medication. [1] The American Diabetes Association categorizes people with prediabetes, who have glycemic levels higher than normal but do not meet criteria for diabetes, as a high-risk group. Without intervention, people with prediabetes progress to type 2 ...

  5. Biomarkers of diabetes - Wikipedia

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    [1] Type 2 diabetes is a progressive condition in which the body becomes resistant to the normal effects of insulin and/or gradually loses the capacity to produce enough insulin in the pancreas. [2] Pre-diabetes means that the blood sugar level is higher than normal but not yet high enough to be type 2 diabetes. [3]

  6. Category:Diabetes - Wikipedia

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    Works about diabetes (1 C, 8 P) A. Advanced glycation end-products (8 P) C. Complications of diabetes (1 C, 22 P) D. ... Prediabetes; Prevention of type 2 diabetes ...

  7. Type 3 diabetes - Wikipedia

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    Type 3 diabetes is a proposed pathological linkage between Alzheimer's disease and certain features of type 1 and type 2 diabetes. [1] Specifically, the term refers to a set of common biochemical and metabolic features seen in the brain in Alzheimer's disease, and in other tissues in diabetes; [1] [2] it may thus be considered a "brain-specific type of diabetes."

  8. Talk:Prediabetes - Wikipedia

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    The proper term should be Pre-diabetes. Both WHO and ADA use the spelling Pre-diabetes Parts of this article need editing for grammar and sentence structure; e.g. 'Smoker can plan to quit' and 'Stress causes hormonal imbalance and prevents insulin to work normally and end up with a diabetes.

  9. Acarbose - Wikipedia

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    Acarbose [1] [2] is an anti-diabetic drug used to treat diabetes mellitus type 2 and, in some countries, prediabetes. It is a generic sold in Europe and China as Glucobay , in North America as Precose (Bayer Pharmaceuticals), and in Canada as Prandase . Acarbose is a starch blocker.