What is diabetes? Diabetes also known as diabetes mellitus, is a disease that occurs when your blood sugar, also called blood glucose, is too high (hyperglycemia)

Prediabetes Prediabetes, also called borderline diabetes, means your blood sugar levels are higher than normal, but not high enough yet to be diagnosed as type

Gestational diabetes Gestational diabetes also called gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is a type of diabetes that some women get during pregnancy who don’t already have

Type 2 Diabetes Type 2 diabetes develops when your body does not use insulin efficiently and gradually loses the ability to make enough insulin. In

Type 1 diabetes Type 1 diabetes previously known as juvenile diabetes or insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM), is an autoimmune condition characterized by high blood sugar

Wolfram syndrome Wolfram syndrome is a rare inherited condition that is typically associated with childhood-onset insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, progressive optic nerve atrophy and progressive neurodegeneration, especially brain

What is xanthelasma Xanthelasma also called xanthelasma palpebrarum, are yellow plaques that occur most commonly near the inner canthus of the eyelid and are often

What is the xiphoid process Xiphoid process also known as the xiphisternum, is the smallest part of the three sections of the sternum (see Figure 1).

What is X chromosome The X chromosome is one of the two sex chromosomes in humans (the other is the Y chromosome). The X chromosome

What are totipotent cells Totipotent cells are cells that are “capable of developing into a complete organism” or “differentiating into any of its cells or