General Diabetes Information

• Family Health History Quiz

  Family health history is an important risk factor for developing a number of serious diseases, including type 2 diabetes. In…

• What is insulin?

  Insulin is a hormone made in the pancreas, an organ located behind the stomach. The pancreas contains clusters of cells…

• Who should be part of your health care team?

    Most people with diabetes get health care from a primary care professional. Primary care professionals include internists, family physicians,…

• Know Your Diabetes ABCs – A1C, Blood Pressure and Cholesterol

    Talk to your healthcare team about how to manage your A1C (blood glucose or sugar), Blood pressure, and Cholesterol. This will help…

• How to manage your diabetes?

    Healthy eating, physical activity, and insulin injections are the basic therapies for type 1 diabetes. The amount of insulin…

• What is Prediabetes?

    Prediabetes is a condition in which blood glucose or A1C levels—which reflect average blood glucose levels—are higher than normal…

• Diabetes symptoms

    Individuals can experience different signs and symptoms of diabetes, and sometimes there may be no signs. Some of the…

• Who is at risk of developing diabetes?

    Type 1 diabetes risk factors: The risk factors for type 1 diabetes are still being researched. However, having a…

• What is diabetes? 

    A group of diseases that result in too much sugar in the blood (high blood glucose). Most of the…