Gestational diabetes is a temporary condition that occurs during pregnancy. It is one of the top health complications that a woman faces during pregnancy. Indeed a double curse! If the woman had gestational diabetes during pregnancy than she is most likely to give it to the child. So if a woman has gestational diabetes during [...]

Diabetes mellitus is a disease where the pancreas produces little or no insulin, a hormone that helps the body’s tissues for glucose (sugar) so it can be used as a source of energy. The condition may also develop if muscle, fat and liver cells respond poorly to insulin. In people with diabetes, building glucose in [...]

Some women are at higher risk of developing Type 2 diabetes because of a syndrome that often goes undiagnosed: Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, or PCOS, affects between six and ten percent of women who are of childbearing age. One of the symptoms of PCOS is often excess weight gain, with that weight carried [...]

About a quarter of people with new type 1 diabetes have developed some degree of diabetic ketoacidosis (a type of metabolic acidosis which is caused by high concentrations of ketone bodies, formed by the breakdown of fatty acids and the deamination of amino acids) by the time the diabetes is recognized. The diagnosis of other [...]

What is Diabetes? Diabetes mellitus or commonly called diabetes, is a condition when body can not produce enough insulin; or when body can not use insulin properly. Insulin is a hormone produced by the pancreas, which is needed to convert glucose into energy for daily life. Most of the food we eat is broken down [...]