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What is Diabetes?

May 12, 2020 by Dr. Arpan Bhattacharyya

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What is Diabetes? Diabetes is an old illness. It has affected mankind for many hundreds of years and is referred in old Sanskrit writing. It is a chronic metabolic disorder with high levels of sugar in the blood. The word “Diabetes” means siphon and “Mellitus” stands for sweet. The words Diabetes and Diabetes Mellitus are […]

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