General Diabetes Information

Family health history is an important risk factor for developing a number of serious diseases, including type 2 diabetes. In ...
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Insulin is a hormone made in the pancreas, an organ located behind the stomach. The pancreas contains clusters of cells ...
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Most people with diabetes get health care from a primary care professional. Primary care professionals include internists, family physicians, and ...
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Talk to your healthcare team about how to manage your A1C (blood glucose or sugar), Blood pressure, and Cholesterol. This will help lower ...
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Healthy eating, physical activity, and insulin injections are the basic therapies for type 1 diabetes. The amount of insulin taken ...
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Prediabetes is a condition in which blood glucose or A1C levels—which reflect average blood glucose levels—are higher than normal but ...
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Individuals can experience different signs and symptoms of diabetes, and sometimes there may be no signs. Some of the signs ...
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Type 1 diabetes risk factors: The risk factors for type 1 diabetes are still being researched. However, having a family ...
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A group of diseases that result in too much sugar in the blood (high blood glucose). Most of the food ...
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