hypoglycemic
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They identified three other cases of unexplained severe hypoglycemic deaths and one where the patient recovered.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
For each patient, data was recorded once during a state with normal blood sugar levels and once during a hypoglycemic state.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 8, 2024
Jackson suggested to Young that he did that because she may have been hypoglycemic; Young said she was anemic and Jackson disagreed, telling Young he does not have the medical knowledge to know that.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2023
These actions mediated by insulin cause blood glucose concentrations to fall, called a hypoglycemic “low sugar” effect, which inhibits further insulin release from beta cells through a negative feedback loop.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
My first morning at Jerry’s, when the hypoglycemic shakes set in, I complain to one of my fellow servers that I don’t understand how she can go so long without food.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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