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Biology: All About Diabetes Essay (Biblio Included); Outline(Upon Request)
Title: Biology: All About Diabetes Essay (Biblio Included); Outline(Upon Request)
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Biology: All About Diabetes Essay (Biblio Included); Outline(Upon Request)
In America, about 15 million Americans have diabetes and about half of them have not been diagnosed by it. Diabetes is a complex disorder of the body's chemistry.
In our body, the components of food are broken down into glucose, which the body uses as an energy supply. In a person with diabetes, the glucose or sugar in the body cannot or has trouble in breaking down. Insulin, the main cause of all diabetes-related diseases is …showed first 75 words of 1259 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1259 total…glycohemoglobin A1c)< 6%< 7%
Chart Source: "Joslin Diabetes Center," online site.
Bibliography
Encyclopedia:
1. Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia 99.Diabetes. Vol 1.1999.
Books:
1. Bryan, Jenny Living with Diabetes. Austin. Steck-Vaughn Company 2000.
2. Peacock , Antoinette Carol, Gregory, Adair and Gregory, Kyle Carney. Sugar was my Best Food Diabetes and Me. Illinois. Albert Whitman & Company.1998.
3. Landau, Elaine. Diabetes. New York.Henry Holt and Company, Inc. 1994.
Internet Sites:
1.http://www.jdrf.org
2.http://www.dibetes.org
3.http://www.joslin.harvard.edu
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