Try Painting Your Ceilings â You Will Be Amazed At The Difference It Can Make! by Frank Campanelli â frank.campanelli@gmail.com. One of the easiest ways to brighten up a room is to paint the ceiling with a fresh coat of paint. It is really amazing to experience the difference that painting this âfifth wallâ in the room can make. It is a bit of a daunting task, so many homeowners never do it.
Diabetes, often referred to by doctors as diabetes mellitus, describes a group of metabolic diseases in which the person has high blood glucose (blood sugar), either because insulin production is inadequate, or because the body's cells do not respond properly to insulin, or both.
Diabetes facts. 1  Diabetes is a chronic condition associated with abnormally high levels of sugar (glucose) in the blood. 2  Insulin produced by the pancreas lowers blood glucose. 3  Absence or insufficient production of insulin causes diabetes. 4  The two types of diabetes are referred to as type 1 and type 2. Insulin produced by the pancreas lowers blood glucose. 2  Absence or insufficient production of insulin causes diabetes. 3  The two types of diabetes are referred to as type 1 and type 2. 4  Former names for these conditions were insulin-dependent and non-insulin-dependent diabetes, or juvenile onset and adult onset diabetes.