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Portland Diabetes Project

  • Diabetes

    Diabetes is a lifelong condition in which sugar (glucose) remains in the blood rather than entering the body’s cells to be used for energy. This resul...
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  • Type 2 diabetes

    Type 2 diabetes is a lifelong disease that affects the way your body uses food for energy. The disease develops when the cells of the body become resi...
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  • Type 1 diabetes

    Type 1 diabetes is a lifelong disease that develops when the pancreas stops producing insulin, a hormone that lets sugar (glucose) move from the blood...
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  • Gestational diabetes

    If your blood sugar level first becomes too high when you are pregnant, you have gestational diabetes. It usually goes away after the baby is born. ...
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  • Prediabetes

    Prediabetes is a term that is used when you are at risk for type 2 diabetes. It means that your blood sugar is higher than it should be. Most people w...
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