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2. Diabetes - Wikipedia

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   Diabetes mellitus, often known simply as diabetes, is a group of common endocrine diseases characterized by sustained high blood sugar levels. [10] [11] Diabetes is due to either the pancreas not producing enough insulin, or the cells of the body becoming unresponsive to the hormone's effects. [12] Classic symptoms include thirst, polyuria ...

3. Ambulatory glucose profile - Wikipedia

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   Ambulatory glucose profile ( AGP) is a single-page, standardized report for interpreting a patient's daily glucose and insulin patterns. AGP provides both graphic and quantitative characterizations of daily glucose patterns. First developed by Drs. Roger Mazze and David Rodbard, [1] with colleagues at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in ...

4. Diabetic foot - Wikipedia

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   Diabetic foot. A diabetic foot disease is any condition that results directly from peripheral artery disease (PAD) or sensory neuropathy affecting the feet of people living with diabetes. Diabetic foot conditions can be acute or chronic complications of diabetes. [1] Presence of several characteristic diabetic foot pathologies such as infection ...

5. Association of Diabetes Care and Education Specialists

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   The Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists (formerly American Association of Diabetes Educators, or AADE) is a multidisciplinary membership organization for healthcare professionals who specialize in teaching patients about diabetes and how to self-manage the disease. ADCES was founded in 1973 as the American Association of ...

6. Diabetes management - Wikipedia

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   Data from 1994 to 2007 was analyzed and it was found that the mean number of diabetes medications per treated patient increased from 1.14 in 1994 to 1.63 in 2007. Patient education and compliance with treatment is very important in managing the disease. Improper use of medications and insulin can be very dangerous causing hypo- or hyper ...

7. Epidemiology of diabetes - Wikipedia

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   Epidemiology of diabetes. Prevalence (per 1,000 inhabitants) of diabetes worldwide in 2000 - world average was 2.8%. Globally, an estimated 537 million adults are living with diabetes, according to 2019 data from the International Diabetes Federation. [1] Diabetes was the 9th-leading cause of mortality globally in 2020, attributing to over 2 ...

8. National Diabetes Education Program - Wikipedia

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   NDEP logo. National Diabetes Education Program ( NDEP) was started by the NIH and CDC in 1997 to educate the public about the risks of diabetes. [1] NDEP's goal was to reduce the illness and death caused by diabetes and its complications. To help meet this goal, NDEP provided free diabetes education information to the public. NDEP ended in 2019.

9. The Science of Diabetes Self-Management and Care - Wikipedia

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   Care. The Science of Diabetes Self-Management and Care is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes papers in the field of Endocrinology. The journal's editor is James Fain, PhD, RN, BC-ADM, FAAN ( University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth ). It has been in publication since 1980 and until 2021 was titled The Diabetes Educator. [1]