In addition, a PLoS Medicine study, which followed a nationwide public health campaign to increase zinc use for childhood diarrhea in Bangladesh, confirmed that a 10-day course of zinc tablets is effective at treating diarrhea and also helps prevent future bouts of the condition.
This type of diabetes used to be known as juvenile diabetes, juvenile-onset diabetes, and ketosis-prone diabetes.. It is now called type 1 diabetes mellitus or insulin-dependent diabetes.
View Full Profile. About 41 million Americans between the ages of 40 and 74 have prediabetes.. Prediabetes is a condition that can be considered an early, yet potentially reversible stage of the development of type 2 diabetes. Prediabetes is sometimes called impaired glucose tolerance or impaired fasting glucose (IGT/IFG), depending upon the test that yielded the abnormal result. In prediabetes, a person's blood sugar (glucose) levels are slightly higher than the normal range, but not high enough for a true diagnosis of diabetes. People with prediabetes have a significant risk of developing full-blown diabetes.