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Diabetes Medicines You Dont Inject

When you think about diabetes drugs, you may think of insulin or other medications that you get from a shot or a pump. It’s approved help improve b...

What Do Urine Tests Say About Diabetes?

If you have type 1 diabetes, your doctor could ask you to check the urine for ketones. A urine test for ketones should always be negative. Keep det...

Endocrine System and Glands of The Human Body

The endocrine system is a network of glands in your body that make the hormones that help cells talk to each other. A gland is an organ that makes ...

Adjusting to Vision Loss

If you are reading this you probably do not have low vision or you are already using these tools.

What is Charcot Foot?

If your doctor isn’t a foot specialist (they are called podiatrists) or doesn’t treat diabetes often, they may not know much about Charcot foot. If...

High Blood Sugar, Diabetes, and Your Body

When you have diabetes, your blood sugar (aka blood glucose) levels may be consistently high. A few people's levels may fall somewhat lower. Levels...

Normal Blood Sugar Levels for Adults with Diabetes

Normally, your pancreas releases insulin when your blood sugar, or “blood glucose,” gets high -- after a meal, for example. Tight blood sugar contr...

Types of Insulin for Diabetes Treatment

You might need to take insulin more than once daily, to space your doses throughout the day, or to add other medicines. Afrezza, a rapid- acting in...

Hypoglycemia: When Your Blood Sugar Gets Too Low

People with diabetes get hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) when their bodies don't have enough sugar to use as fuel. Insulin treatment can cause low b...

Diabetes Testing

However, if you have normal fasting blood sugar, but you have risk factors for diabetes or symptoms of diabetes, your doctor may decide to do a glu...

Prediabetes (Borderline Diabetes)

If a child who has a high chance of getting prediabetes has normal test results, the American Diabetes Association advises testing them again at le...

What is Fourniers Gangrene?

When many people hear the term “gangrene,” they may think of toes or fingers being affected by loss of blood flow, infection, or hypothermia, which...