non-in·su·lin-de·pen·dent diabetes

or non-in·su·lin-de·pen·dent diabetes mellitus (nŏn-ĭn′sə-lĭn-dĭ-pĕn′dənt)

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non-insulin-dependent diabetes - mild form of diabetes mellitus that develops gradually in adults; can be precipitated by obesity or severe stress or menopause or other factors; can usually be controlled by diet and hypoglycemic agents without injections of insulin

adult-onset diabetes, adult-onset diabetes mellitus, ketoacidosis-resistant diabetes, ketoacidosis-resistant diabetes mellitus, ketosis-resistant diabetes, ketosis-resistant diabetes mellitus, mature-onset diabetes, maturity-onset diabetes, maturity-onset diabetes mellitus, NIDDM, non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, type II diabetes

diabetes mellitus, DM - diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria; "when doctors say `diabetes' they usually mean `diabetes mellitus'"

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According to Table 2, a statistically significant difference was found between the mean scores from the subsets of prior training on the disease, special training requirements, the severity of non-insulin-dependent diabetes and the impact of diabetes on the patients' life (p<0.05, p<0.001).

Knowledge levels and attitudes of diabetic patients about their disease

(10.) Franz MJ, Monk A, Barry B, McClain K, Weaver T, Cooper N, Upham P, Bergenstal R, Mazze RS: Effectiveness of medical nutrition therapy provided by dietitians in the management of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus: a randomised, controlled clinical trial.

Evidence for the effectiveness of clinical nutrition therapy in diabetes mellitus type 2: management in primary care

Moderately intense physical activities and high levels of cardiorespiratory fitness reduce the risk of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus in middle-aged men.

Obesity and insulin resistance: management in diabetes: obezite ve insulin Direnci: Diyabet Tedavisi

Type 2 disease, in contrast, was previously referred to as adult-onset diabetes or non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM); however, the incidence of early onset type 2 diabetes is on the rise (Moore et al., 2003).

Therapy of diabetes mellitus using experimental animal models

They suggest that patients and physicians should consider insulin as a front-line defence, as opposed to a treatment of last resort for non-insulin-dependent diabetes.

Researchers debunk myths about insulin

Assessment of the effects of therapy aimed at lowering PPG in the Study to Prevent Non-Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus (STOP-NIDDM) trial (19) indicated that treatment with acarbose (100 mg administered 3 times per day) was associated with decreased risk for silent MI vs placebo in patients with impaired glucose tolerance.

Overview of insulin replacement therapy

Docosahexanoic acid (DHA) improved glucose and lipid metabolism in KK-[A.sub.[gamma]] mice with genetic non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM).

Antihyperglycemic activity of Tarralin[TM], an ethanolic extract of Artemisia dracunculus L

Prevalence of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus and related vascular diseases in southwestern arseniasis-endemic and nonendemic areas in Taiwan.

A case of Bowen's disease and small-cell lung carcinoma: long-term consequences of chronic arsenic exposure in Chinese traditional medicine

His cost-benefit analysis, based on data from the Study to Prevent Non-Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus (STOP-NIDDM), concluded that it cost 772 euros in medication costs and physician office visits under the German fee scale to prevent a single case of diabetes over a 3.3-year period.

Cost of acarbose smaller than tx of later disease

"Long-term effects of guar gum in subjects with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus." Am J Clin Nutr, 1993; 58(4):513-8.

Diabetes: a growing epidemic in the US

Non-insulin-dependent diabetes is epidemic in the United States.

Coffee, spices, wine: new dietary ammo against diabetes?

Type II diabetes mellitus is also known as adult-onset diabetes or non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.

Sugar blues: diabetes affects much more than your diet. And what you don't know about the disease could kill you