Diabetes

What is Diabetes? Diabetes comes in three forms, Diabetes 1, Diabetes 2, and Gestational Diabetes which usually occurs in pregnant women and will not be discussed in this article. The first form also known as Diabetes Mellitus is when the pancreas does not produce insulin. This occurs when the body attacks the pancreas with antibodies resulting in its failure of providing insulin. It primarily begins in young children and adults but impacts them for the rest of their lives. Type 2 Diabetes, however, is when the body fails to produce or use insulin effectively. It is the most common type of [...]