Diabetes: Restoring the Balance
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Produced by the BBC for the British Open University
Looks at the basis of different types of diabetes and at new approaches to treatment. States that because diabetics now can better control their blood glucose, they live longer. However, such complications as blindness and kidney failure still threaten many diabetics. Discusses research aimed at solving these problems and emphasizes the difficulty of restoring the body's metabolic balance once it has gone wrong. From the Biology: form and function series
Looks at the basis of different types of diabetes and at new approaches to treatment. States that because diabetics now can better control their blood glucose, they live longer. However, such complications as blindness and kidney failure still threaten many diabetics. Discusses research aimed at solving these problems and emphasizes the difficulty of restoring the body's metabolic balance once it has gone wrong. From the Biology: form and function series
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