Biology A-Level
Lifestyle and drug management of Type 2 diabetes
What Lifestyle and drug management of Type 2 diabetes means in Biology A-Level, as defined for OCR.
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Treatment that begins with lifestyle measures such as diet and exercise, then drugs such as metformin, which reduce blood glucose, with insulin possibly added later.
Topics that use Lifestyle and drug management of Type 2 diabetes
- Hormonal communication (OCR A-Level)
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- Glucagon and α cells
- Insulin and β cells
- Insulin resistance
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