Tag: Diabetes
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Understanding Chronic Inflammation: Causes, Risks, and Prevention
Have you ever noticed a red, swollen bump after an injury or insect bite? That’s acute inflammation—your body’s natural defense mechanism to heal itself. Similarly, inflammation can occur inside your body as well. This presents differently as symptoms that may seem unrelated. When inflammation persists for months or even years without an apparent cause, it…
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Managing Diabetes as a Cancer Patient: A Simple Guide
Living with diabetes is challenging, and when combined with a cancer diagnosis, it can feel overwhelming. Diabetes occurs when your pancreas doesn’t produce enough insulin or your body can’t use it effectively. This leads to high blood sugar levels, increased thirst, and frequent urination. For cancer patients, managing diabetes is even more critical because high…
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Is There a Link Between Diabetes and Cancer?
Diabetes, a condition characterized by insufficient insulin production or inefficient insulin utilization by the pancreas, presents a myriad of health challenges, one of which is an increased risk of various cancers. Type 2 Diabetes, in particular, has been identified as a significant risk factor for several types of malignant neoplasms. While genetic and environmental factors…
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Is There a Link Between Diabetes and Cancer?
Diabetes is a condition where your pancreas is unable to produce enough insulin or does not use it efficiently. It’s usually characterized by increased blood sugar, increased thirst and increased urination. Type 2 Diabetes has been considered as a risk factor of several types of malignant neoplasms. In cancer development both genetic and environmental factors…