Diabetes Articles

Diabetes Causes

Diabetes is a chronic disease that is caused by the body’s inability to use glucose (blood sugar) properly due to a lack of or defects in insulin production. The precise cause of this insulin malfunction isn’t entirely understood, but genetic and ...

Aug 25 2010

Diabetes Complications

Diabetics must constantly monitor and work to regulate their blood sugar. However, no matter how vigilant you are, there is the possibility that short-term blood-sugar-related problems might arise. These short-term complications, such as hyperglyc...

Aug 25 2010

Diabetes Diagnosis

Fasting blood glucose test; Random (non-fasting) glucose test; Oral glucose tolerance test; Glycated hemoglobin (A1C) test; Urine test;

Aug 25 2010

Diabetes Doctors

An annual check-up visit to your regular doctor can help monitor your risk for diabetes, especially as you get older. If you’re experiencing any symptoms of diabetes, you should make an appointment with your primary doctor. If your doctor determin...

Aug 25 2010

Diabetes Drugs

In type 1 diabetes, the pancreas produces too little or no insulin at all. Therefore, type 1 diabetics will always need to take insulin to manage their condition. Type 2 diabetics may or may not need to undergo insulin therapy; for some people wit...

Aug 25 2010

Diabetes Overview

Diabetes is a common group of chronic metabolic diseases that cause high blood sugar (glucose) levels in the body due to defects in insulin production or function. Diabetes is also known as diabetes mellitus to distinguish it from a relatively rar...

Aug 25 2010

Diabetes Prevention

Type 1 diabetes can’t be prevented. But an array of healthy lifestyle choices may help prevent prediabetes, type 2 diabetes, and gestational diabetes. If you already have risk factors such as a family history of diabetes, a large birth-weight baby...

Aug 25 2010

Diabetes Risk Factors

Diabetes affects more than 20 million Americans, and 57 million Americans have prediabetes (early type 2 diabetes). There are many common risk factors to both type 1 and type 2 diabetes, but some are more specific to one or the other. Here’s a com...

Aug 25 2010

Diabetes Symptoms

Diabetes symptoms occur when glucose (blood sugar) levels in the body become abnormally elevated. The most common symptoms of diabetes include thirst, fatigue, frequent or increased urination, and blurry vision, but symptoms do vary from one perso...

Aug 25 2010