As insulin supplies dwindle, the body loses its ability to convert food to fuel.
The destruction of the immune cells robs the body of its ability to defend itself, eventually leading to the collapse of the immune system.
In a diabetic person, the body loses its ability to regulate sugar levels in the blood, a condition that often leads to kidney failure, blindness, heart disease and stroke.
There the comparisons stop, as Harry's chances of success will depend largely on finances as much as his managerial skills whereas Paula will depend entirely on her body and its ability, as ever, to keep pace with her ambition.
Striking about 50 children a year, this genetic defect deprives the body of its ability to produce the enzyme adenosine deaminase, a key component of the immune system, making the slightest infection deadly.
Two years ago, Dr. Holick -- who was then also a professor of dermatology -- began to heavily promote research that argued that avoiding sunlight is in itself a health risk, depriving the body of its ability to synthesize vitamin D. Vitamin D insufficiency, Dr. Holick said, may be linked to breast cancer, prostate cancer and Type 1 diabetes.
As tears streamed down her cheeks, she continued to modulate her tone, as if she had been injected with some sort of emotional Botox, causing her mind to lag behind her body in its ability to express genuine feeling, rather than the other way around.
The poem is remarkable, I think, for its combination of rich descriptive language and stark reflection on the slow fade of the body; for its ability to convey both the painful vividness of life and the sorrowful muting of physical diminishment.
In diabetes the body loses its ability to use the hormone insulin to control blood sugar levels.
Insulin resistance is defined as a state in which the body loses its ability to respond to insulin which is a key factor in the development of diabetes mellitus.
