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Type 1, once known as insulin-dependent or childhood- onset diabetes, is caused by the body's failure to produce enough insulin.
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Type 1, once known as insulin-dependent or childhood- onset diabetes, is caused by the body's failure to produce enough insulin.
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In type 1 diabetes, an autoimmune disease also known as insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, or IDDM, the pancreas undergoes an attack by the body’s own immune system and becomes incapable of making insulin.
The Autoimmune Epidemic Donna Jackson Nakazawa 2008
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In type 1 diabetes, an autoimmune disease also known as insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, or IDDM, the pancreas undergoes an attack by the body’s own immune system and becomes incapable of making insulin.
The Autoimmune Epidemic Donna Jackson Nakazawa 2008
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Type 1 diabetes previously called insulin-dependent or juvenile diabetes is caused by an autoimmune process in which the person’s own immune system attacks and destroys the cells in the pancreas that produce insulin, causing a drop in insulin production that allows blood sugar to zoom out of control.
OUR BODIES, OURSELVES The Boston Women’s Health Book Collective 2005
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Are those of us who live with the chaos of chronic illness, such as musician Brett Michaels, who is one of 23 million insulin-dependent diabetics, brave?
Lisa Copen: Why Are We Expected to Be Brave in the Face of Illness? Lisa Copen 2010
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When you say “insulin-dependent”, do you mean Type I or Type II?
Is this another rule I should break? | Johnny B. Truant 2010
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It's traumatic and involves an entire lifetime change of diet and routine when you're insulin-dependent, she explained.
S.Z. Berg: Jillian Rose Reed: Why Awkward's Sassy "Tamara" Is Sweet On Curing Diabetes S.Z. Berg 2011
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The report highlights cases including those of:• George Taylor, an 83-year-old insulin-dependent diabetic, who was admitted to Chase farm Hospital in north London in August.
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Are those of us who live with the chaos of chronic illness, such as musician Brett Michaels, who is one of 23 million insulin-dependent diabetics, brave?
Why Are We Expected to Be Brave in the Face of Illness? Lisa Copen 2010
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