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Diabetes

A disease caused by elevated blood sugar. In type 1 diabetes, the cause is undersecretion of insulin; in type 2, insulin is underproduced or underutilized and the body's cells are unresponsive to it. Diabetes is a risk factor for coronary artery disease and stroke.

 

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