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- adjective Preceding the
onset ofdiabetes ; thus, indicating the probable future onset of diabetes - noun One who has
prediabetes .
Etymologies
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The researchers first made 18 male rats "prediabetic" or insulin insensitive by feeding them a fructose-rich diet for 6 weeks.
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The researchers first made male rats "prediabetic" or insulin insensitive by feeding them a fructose-rich diet for 6 weeks.
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The researchers first made 18 male rats "prediabetic" or insulin insensitive by feeding them a fructose-rich diet for 6 weeks.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories PhysOrg Team 2010
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The researchers first made 18 male rats "prediabetic" or insulin insensitive by feeding them a fructose-rich diet for 6 weeks.
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The researchers first made 18 male rats "prediabetic" or insulin insensitive by feeding them a fructose-rich diet for 6 weeks.
innovations-report 2010
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The doctor who told me that a glucose tolerance test showing I was "prediabetic" at a weight of 108 was "Nothing to worry about."
Discussion Forum - TuDiabetes - A Community for People Touched by Diabetes 2009
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Researchers have found a novel way to signal whether people are diabetic or prediabetic: Look at their teeth, according to a study in the Journal of Dental Research.
Dental Exams May Help Diagnose Diabetes Ann Lukits 2011
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Routine dental checkups can help to identify diabetic or prediabetic individuals so they can be referred to a physician for care, researchers said.
Dental Exams May Help Diagnose Diabetes Ann Lukits 2011
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Getty Images Of the 506 patients at a Manhattan dental clinic who were given blood-glucose tests, 21 were potentially diabetic and 161 were prediabetic.
Dental Exams May Help Diagnose Diabetes Ann Lukits 2011
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By 2020, four out of five of your friends, coworkers, family members and neighbors will be overweight or obese, and half of them will be diabetic or prediabetic.
Carole Carson: Fitness and Obesity Trends to Watch for in 2012: It's Not a Small World After All Carole Carson 2012
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