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Dementia
Considerable loss of intellectual abilities; severe enough to
interfere with social or occupational functioning. Diagnostic
criteria include impairment of attention, orientation, memory,
judgment, language, motor and spatial skills and function.
Diabetes
Refers to Diabetes Mellitus and its two main but different
forms: Type I Diabetes (requiring insulin and also called
Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus or IDDM) and Type II
Diabetes (adult onset or Non Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus
or NIDDM). A chronic medical condition, Diabetes Mellitus is a
group of metabolic diseases characterized by high blood sugar
levels (hyperglycemia), which result from defects in insulin
secretion or action, or both. Normally blood glucose levels are
tightly controlled by insulin, a hormone produced by the
pancreas, which lowers the blood glucose level. When the blood
glucose rises (for example, after eating food), insulin is
released from the pancreas to normalize levels. In patients with
Diabetes Mellitus, the absence of or insufficient production of
insulin causes hyperglycemia. (See also Type I and Type II
Diabetes.)
Dyslipidemia
High levels of triglycerides and low levels of high density
lipoproteins in the blood, leading to a buildup of plaque in the
blood vessel wall. Blood lipid abnormalities are diagnosed when
LDL ("bad") cholesterol is high, HDL ("good") cholesterol is
low, triglycerides are high or a combination of these factors.
Dysmetabolic Syndrome
Another term for Insulin Resistance.
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