Diabetes is when your body has chronically elevated blood glucose levels due to either insulin insensitivity or lack of insulin itself. Insulin is a hormone produced by the pancreas that allows ...

Lung cancer was the most commonly occurring cancer worldwide in 2022. It accounted for 2.5 million new cases which is 12.4% of the total new cases.

Lung cancer cases are rising, but early signs are often missed. Watch for unusual symptoms like persistent cough, finger clubbing, hoarse voice, shortness of breath, shoulder pain, swelling, fatigue, ...

Dr. Donita McCants-Prepti, DVM, CPT, CNC, is a veterinarian, speaker, and advocate for whole-person well-being in veterinary medicine. She earned her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from Tuskegee ...

The pathogenesis of arterial hypertension often involves a rise in systemic vascular resistance (vasoconstriction and vascular remodeling) and impairment of salt excretion in the kidney (inappropriate ...

Excessively high or excessively low serum sodium levels can have severe neurologic sequelae if left untreated, or, conversely, if treated inappropriately. Consecutive patients aged >14 years who had ...

A person with polydipsia drinks excessive amounts of fluid. In uncontrolled diabetes, polydipsia occurs when a person has high blood sugar levels. Some of this sugar is removed from the body by the ...

Background: HNF1A-MODY is one of the most prevalent subtypes of maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY). Individuals with HNF1A-MODY display considerable clinical heterogeneity, potentially ...

A person with polyuria makes large amounts of urine. In uncontrolled diabetes, polyuria occurs because of high blood sugar levels. The kidneys remove some of this excess sugar from the body. To do ...

Although awareness and screening for sleep apnea in non-snoring patients have improved in the last decade, research is only beginning to explore the importance of identifying and treating sleep apnea.

One year before the current admission he had developed polydipsia - polyuria and had been diagnosed with central diabetes insipidus, which was well controlled with desmopressin. Hypertension had been ...