A long time ago Before insulin was discovered in 1921 Diabetes Type 1 was a fatal disease - most patients would die within a few years...
Type 2 diabetes
A person with diabetes type 2 either: Does not produce enough insulin. Or Suffers from 'insulin resistance'. This means that ...
Type 1 diabetes
Type 1 diabetes - is an autoimmune disease - the person's body has destroyed his/her own insulin-producing beta cells in the pancre...
Discovery of insulin
Discovery of insulin - In 1920, Dr. Frederick Banting wanted to make a pancreatic extract, which he hoped would have anti-diabetic qual...
What is insulin?
Insulin is a hormone. It makes our body's cells absorb glucose from the blood. The glucose is stored in the liver and muscle as gly...
Symptoms of Diabetes
Symptoms of Diabetes - People can often have diabetes and be completely unaware. The main reason for this is that the symptoms, when se...
What is Diabetes? What causes Diabetes?
What is Diabetes - Diabetes, often referred to by doctors as diabetes mellitus, describes a group of metabolic diseases in which the pe...
