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  • What Is Bone Marrow? for Kids


    Bone marrow is a thick, spongy kind of jelly inside your bones.

  • What's the Pancreas? for Kids


    The pancreas is a long, flat gland in your belly.

  • What's Insulin? for Kids


    If someone has diabetes, they have trouble with a hormone called insulin.

  • What Is the Glycemic Index? for Kids


    The body breaks down most carbohydrates from the foods we eat and changes them to a type of sugar called glucose. The glycemic index is a way of measuring how fast this happens and how a food affects blood glucose levels.

  • What's a Whitehead? for Kids


    People with acne may have different types of bumps on their skin.

  • What's an Optician? for Kids


    An optician is the person you see when you go to buy your glasses that were prescribed by an ophthalmologist or optometrist.

  • What's Insulin Resistance? for Kids


    Even though the pancreas is still making insulin, the body doesn't let insulin do its job as well and it's harder for glucose to get into the cells. This is called insulin resistance.

  • What Is Polyuria? for Kids


    Someone who has uncontrolled diabetes may pee a lot. Polyuria is the medical word for this.

  • What Is Retinopathy? for Kids


    Retinopathy is the medical word for disease of the retina.

  • What Is Neuropathy? for Kids


    Neuropathy is the medical word for disease of the nervous system.