Did you know that..
1. The name of the disease "diabetes" is attributed to the famous Greek physician Aretaeus of Cappadocia, who practiced medicine in the first century AD and believed that diabetes was caused by a snake bite.
2. The earliest written reference to the disease that can be considered diabetes mellitus is found in the Ebers Papyrus (1500 BC), which describes recipes for several specific decoctions.
3. William Cullen (1710-1790), a professor of chemistry and medicine from Scotland, added the word "mellitus" meaning "honey-like" in Greek to the term "diabetes".
4. Insulin gets its name from the Latin word "insula" (island) because this hormone is secreted by the islets of Langerhans in the pancreas.
5. Insulin was first extracted from the pancreas of the cow (bovine insulin) and pig (pig insulin) in 1920. Today's insulin is created in laboratory setting, where it is cultured from bacteria and yeast using recombinant DNA.
6. Studies have shown that breastfeeding for at least three months reduces the likelihood of children developing type 1 diabetes and obesity in the future.
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