Definition

Diabetes is a disease that causes an abnormally high level of sugar, or glucose, to build up in the blood. Type 1 diabetes -- previously labeled insulin-dependent, or juvenile, diabetes -- is caused by the lack of insulin production by the pancreas (located just behind the stomach).

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