Obesity and associated insulin resistance predispose individuals to develop chronic metabolic diseases, such as type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Although these disorders affect a ...
Endothelial dysfunction is one manifestation of the many changes induced in the arterial wall by the metabolic abnormalities accompanying diabetes and insulin resistance. In type 1 diabetes ...
Insulin resistance, a common marker of diabetes, occurs when cells don’t respond to the cues from insulin, which also results in a buildup of blood glucose. Type 2 diabetes can also result from a ...
In type 2 diabetes, due to our body not having enough insulin or inability to use the insulin (also referred to as “insulin resistance” or “impaired insulin sensitivity”), blood glucose ...