Insulin resistance

Introduction Cabozantinib, developed by Exelis Inc. as initially XL185, was first FDA approved in 2012 under the brand name CometriqTM. There are two formulations of cabozantinib in which CometriqTM is an oral capsule and has the clinical advantage of a quicker delivery time in comparison to its tablet form (CabometyxTM). Bioequivalence for the formulations are not the same, a 19% higher Cmax for the tablet form, and should not be used interchangeably. The current essay will focus on the drug…

Almost 3 out of 4 prescription overdoses are caused by painkillers. It is obvious that the younger you are, the more naïve you tend to be. I had to learn at a young age that not everything in the world is rainbows and butterflies. I watched a family member struggle with addiction, to the point where it was no longer just affecting him, but the whole family. When I was young I loved traveling to see family, even it meant driving 12 hours north or south to see them. They were welcoming and always…

In the article, “Dietary Sugar and Body Weight….Health be Damned! Pour on the Sugar,” dietary experts George Bray and Barry Popkin explore the detrimental effects of sugar on society’s health. The article delineates how rapid increases in the consumption of sugar (particularly fructose) and sugar sweetened beverages over the past 25 years are contributing to the growth of chronic conditions such as fatty liver disease and metabolic syndromes. Both authors suggest that the presence and…

The chemistry of carbohydrates, proteins and minerals plays an important role in running the life process of human body. The chemical reactions and their role in the human body are essential as it fuels the body to carry out the life process, to keep the body healthy and to provide body with energy. Structure of Starch It is formed by units of glucose and is a homopolysaccaride. It is found in the vegetable cells and is composed of two types of homopolysaccaride; Amylopectin and amylose.…

will first start with explaining what does diabetes mean and how it affects the patient’s way of life. The Digest Journal of Nanomaterial and Biostructure states cells” Diabetes mellitus, often referred as diabetes is caused by decrease in insulin secretion by pancreatic islet cells leading to increase in blood glucose level”. ( Karthikeyan,2008) Hyperglycemia is a condition referred as an increase in blood glucose. The dangerous effect of such a malfunction can cause a person to…

diabetes. Because years of adjusting and coping caused me to mature and grow up a lot faster than other kids, when they all got snack time, I didn’t. I had to monitor and keep and eye on everything I put into my body, and then give myself injections of insulin if I chose to eat. Since those days I feel that this has caused me to really pay attention to the little things and to effectively handle huge amounts of responsibility, because 50 years ago before certain medical advancements diabetes was…

mistakenly recognize and kill (or inactivate) the insulin-producing β-cells. The β-cells are housed within the islets of Langheran along with the α-cells producing glucagon and other cells (footnote i). β-cells depletion leads to physiologically insufficient production of insulin and persistent high blood glucose. The disease is manageable with daily insulin injections and a healthy life style, but not curable. A cure would require the regeneration of the insulin-producing β-cells and the…

to provide better and more efficient interventions. The major risk factor for T2D is obesity, and most individuals with T2D are overweight. Individuals that develop T2D even when they have a normal body weight tend to have more severe defects with insulin. In some of these individuals, genetic patterns from T1D and T2D have been observed. Human diets are complicated and have many components that have been implicated, at some point, as a risk for T2D and there is no outstanding evidence that the…

called Diabetic Ketoacidosis (ADA, 2015). In J. J.’s situation her blood sugar was 695, and she was in Diabetic Ketoacidosis. She was airlifted to Children’s Hospital, where she stayed a week. Currently, J. J. has a continuous glucose monitor and an insulin pump. The student, started using the CGM in August, and it tests her blood sugar every five minutes. When her blood sugar is too high or too low, it alerts her as well as texts her mother. J. J. monitors her blood sugar closely, and can…

and genetic factors. The disease is classified into two types: type 1 and type 2. The Type1 diabetes is classified as autoimmune process caused mainly by genetic factors. The Type1 diabetes is the result from an individual’s incapability to produce insulin, a hormone constructed in the pancreas used to absorb glucose and regulate blood sugar levels within the body. The Type1 diabetes results to the destruction of Beta cells. When blood sugar levels increase past the individual’s threshold,…