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Diabetes treatment
Diabetes prevention and treatment.
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End-stage renal disease (ESRD)
Health care; Diabetes treatment
Total and permanent kidney failure. When the kidneys fail, the body retains fluid. Harmful wastes build up. A person with esrd needs treatment to replace the work of the failed kidneys.
Lymphatic vessels
Health care; Diabetes treatment
Thin tubes in the body that carry white blood cells and lymphatic fluid. Lymphatic fluid has cells that fight infection.
Combination therapy
Health care; Diabetes treatment
The use of different medicines together to manage blood glucose levels.
Congestive heart failure
Health care; Diabetes treatment
The type of heart failure in which loss of the heart's pumping power causes fluid to build up in the body.
Proinsulin
Health care; Diabetes treatment
The substance made first in the pancreas and then broken into several pieces to become insulin.