Although the pathogenesis of DKA is better understood than that of HHS, the basic underlying mechanism for both disorders is a reduction in the net effective concentration of circulating insulin ...

About 90% of U.S. adults meet the criteria for a newly recognized syndrome that comes from a combination of heart disease, kidney disease, type 2 diabetes and obesity. This cluster of chronic health ...

Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is a build-up of substances called ketones in the blood that can happen if a patient's blood glucose levels are too high for too long and is caused by a lack of insulin ...

SOUTH DEERFIELD — Frontier Regional School District students can now breathe a sigh of relief as the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System test is no longer a hurdle they must clear to ...

Cases of dementia are increasing due to longer life expectancy of the world population. Physicians should be able to recognize common dementia syndromes. After excluding reversible causes of ...

Intermittent fasting is an eating pattern that involves periods of voluntary fasting. Several methods exist, each with various time frames for fasting and eating. Intermittent fasting may benefit ...

Feb. 12, 2025 — People with type 1 diabetes require continuous insulin treatment and must regularly measure their glucose levels. With open-loop therapies, insulin administration is manually ...

The IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria are intended to be an easily and widely understood system for classifying species at high risk of global extinction. The general aim of the system is to ...

As you age, your risk for higher blood sugar increases—which raises the risk of type 2 diabetes for adults in their 50s, 60s, and 70s. Using a chart of blood sugar levels by age can help you track ...