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Rated: E · Crossword Puzzle · Health · #2284724
Diabetes Awareness Month
I have diabetes, as do some of my friends. It can be insidious
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 1 disease or dysfunction of one or more peripheral nerves, typically causing numbness or weakness.
 3 condition in which your blood sugar (glucose) level is lower than the standard range
 5 disease of the retina which results in impairment or loss of vision
 6 a disease in which the body’s ability to produce or respond to the hormone insulin is impaired
 7 he red liquid that circulates in the arteries and veins of humans and other vertebrate animals,
 8 a large gland behind the stomach which secretes digestive enzymes into the duodenum.
 10 large group of organic compounds occurring in foods and living tissues and including sugars, starch, and cellulose.
 11 a colorless, transparent, odorless liquid that forms the seas, lakes, rivers, and rain and is the basis of the fluids of living organisms.
 12 a type of carbohydrate called a sugar alcohol, or polyol
 13 a medicine helping to remove some sugar that the body doesn't need through urination.
 14 A drug used to treat diabetes mellitus
 17 a hormone produced in the pancreas by the islets of Langerhans, which regulates the amount of glucose in the blood.
 18 a strip of material containing chemicals that react to certain substances
 19 a simple sugar which is an important energy source in living organisms and is a component of many carbohydrates
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 1 Diabetes Awareness Month
 2 condition where blood sugar (glucose) level is higher than the standard
 4 each of a pair of organs in the abdominal cavity of mammals, birds, and reptiles, excreting urine.
 9 a very sweet substance used as an artificial sweetener, chiefly in low-calorie products. It is a derivative of aspartic acid and phenylalanine
 15 the action or state of not functioning.
 16 the refusal to accept or comply with something
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