Diabetes
Title: Diabetes
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Diabetes
Insulin-Dependent Diabetes
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Insulin-dependent Diabetes is a disorder in which the body does not
produce enough insulin and is, therefore, unable to convert nutrients
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although most types of diabetes are known to have hereditary factors.
Scientists believe that both heredity and environment may play important
roles in the development of diabetes.
Research suggests that certain viruses, in combination with
genetic susceptibility and other unknown environmental factors, may
trigger the onset of some types of this disorder. High levels of
growth hormone in adolescents and adults under stress may also stimulate
the production of glucose by the liver
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