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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 ...
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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...
Read moreMinorities 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...
Read moreUnderstanding 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...
Read moreDiabetes 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...
Read moreHow 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...
Read moreDiabetes 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...
Read moreHow 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. ...
Read moreWomens 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...
Read moreDiabetes Emergencies: How You Can Help
People with diabetes can run into trouble if their levels of blood sugar and insulin are out of balance. Some people don't know when their blood su...
Read moreDiabetes Care Team
Because your primary care doctor is your main source of care, they will most likely head up your diabetes care team. An endocrinologist is a doctor...
Read moreDiabetes Complications: what You Can Do
Diabetes can affect blood vessels in your kidneys, too, so they may not work as well. High blood sugar can harm blood flow and damage nerves, and t...
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