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Diabetic Coma and Type 2 Diabetes

It usually affects people with type 2 diabetes that isn’t well- controlled. And you’ll get insulin or other medication to control your blood sugar.

Do Shots Make You Squeamish?

Even if you don’t mind getting a shot from someone else, giving yourself one can make you anxious. Usually, it's about the needles, and the worry w...

Blood Sugar Levels for Young Children with Diabetes

Children's blood sugar levels -- especially when they're little -- can be all over the place. Your doctor will help you figure out what levels are ...

How to Manage Your Kid's Type 1 Diabetes

If your child has recently been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, your family will have a learning curve as you get the hang of proper care and a new...

Minorities and Chronic Disease: Obstacles to Care

The reasons chronic disease rates are higher among minority groups are varied and complex, but one thing they're not is biological, says Natalia Li...

Understanding Diabetes -- Diagnosis and Treatment

Your doctor may suspect you have diabetes if you have some risk factors for diabetes, or if you have high levels of blood sugar in your urine. If y...

Diabetes and Pregnancy

Babies born to women with diabetes are often much bigger, a condition called 'macrosomia.'. The baby's pancreas senses it and makes more insulin to...

How to Use The Glycemic Index

You can also find glycemic index lists for common foods on the Internet. Foods that are close to how they're found in nature tend to have a lower g...

Diabetes Basics

People with diabetes either don't make insulin or their body's cells are resistant to insulin, leading to high levels of sugar circulating in the b...

How is Gestational Diabetes Treated?

If you have gestational diabetes, you'll need to get your blood sugar under control, and keep it that way, to protect your health and your baby's. ...

Womens Top Diabetes Concerns

A healthy pregnancy is certainly possible with diabetes, but it takes extra care. Your doctor should check on your diabetes drugs, because some sho...

Men and Type 2 Diabetes

The big proof of that came in a study of 3,234 people who were overweight and had higher blood glucose levels, putting them in the crosshairs of di...