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Diabetes is a slow killer with no known curable treatments. However, its
complications can be reduced through proper awareness and timely
treatment. Three major complications are related to blindness, kidney
damage and heart attack. It is important to keep the blood glucose
levels of patients under strict control for avoiding the complications.
One of the difficulties with tight control of glucose levels in the
blood is that such attempts may lead to hypoglycemia that creates much
severe complications than an increased level of blood glucose.
Researchers now look for alternative methods for diabetes treatment. The
goal of this paper is to give a general idea of the current status of
diabetes research. The author believes that diabetes is one of the
highly demanding research topics of the new century and wants to
encourage new researchers to take up the challenges.
2002-11-19