Articles About Diabetes

1. 12 Common Diabetes Myths Debunked

   Article - One myth is that people with diabetes can't eat sweets. People with type 2 diabetes can eat sweets occasionally, if they eat a low-carb meal first.

2. How to Avoid 10 Chronic Diabetes Complications

   Article - How helping an older adult keep her diabetes under control can avoid 10 serious -- even life-threatening -- complications.

3. What Is Type 2 Diabetes?

   Article - What is type 2 diabetes? Learn what it means and why it's such a serious disease.

4. Diabetes and Stress

   Article - Try these strategies to help someone with type 2 diabetes deal with stress.

5. What You Should Know About Drugs for Type 2 Diabetes

   Article - A guide to the oral medications available to people with type 2 diabetes.

6. Type 2 Diabetes: Causes and Risk Factors

   Article - Type 2 diabetes: Learn about the cause of diabetes and know the risk factors for who is most likely to get type 2 diabetes.

7. 8 Ways to Help Someone With Type 2 Diabetes Handle Sick Days

   Article - Eight tips to help someone with type 2 diabetes handle sick days

8. 6 Ways to Stop Diabetes Before It Starts

   Article - The good news for those at risk of diabetes is that lifestyle changes really can help. Learn six ways to stop or slow the onset of diabetes.

9. 10 People You Need on Your Diabetes Care Team

   Article - If your parent has been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, formerly known as adult-onset diabetes (and the most common form of the disease in seniors), it's essential to get it under control. And to do that, your parent will need the help of a team of medical professionals...

10. 15 Essential Diabetes Drug Tips

    Article - 15 tips for people with type 2 diabetes, and their caregivers, about taking oral medications

11. Diabetes Diagnosis: How Doctors Determine It's Diabetes

    Article - Find out how doctors arrive at a diabetes diagnosis.

12. Type 2 Diabetes Symptoms

    Article - Learn about common diabetes symptoms, what they could mean, and how to get a diabetes diagnosis.

13. 5 Early Warning Signs of Diabetes

    Article - An astonishing number of adult Americans are at risk for diabetes -- and they don't know it. Learn diabetes warning signs, and how to reverse them.

14. Prevent Diabetes By Treating It Before It Starts

    Article - It can be really scary when a doctor tells you that you have pre-diabetes, or that the results of a glucose test show you're at risk for diabetes. Pre-diabetes is diagnosed when blood glucose is between 100 and 125 mg/dL or when a glucose tolerance test shows the glucose in your blood to be between 140 and 199 mg/dL...

15. 8 Things Your Hair Says About Your Health

    Article - Hair is an important sign not only of how we want to look but also about our health. Here, eight clues to overall health, as revealed by your hair.

16. 7 Things Your Teeth Say About Your Health

    Article - Your teeth and gums can give signals of health problems you need to know about. Learn what teeth can signal about larger health issues.

17. What Your Nails Say About Your Health

    Article - Your fingernails and toenails can be surprising monitors of health. Learn 9 clues your nails can tell you about your overall well-being.

18. The #1 Surprising Reason You Can't Lose Weight

    Article - Some adults can't seem to lose weight no matter what. The reason might be insulin resistance. Learn what insulin resistance is, and how to combat it.

19. 10 Things Your Bladder Says About Your Health

    Article - Bladder problems can strike adults of all ages, and they can signal a larger health problem. Learn ten possible reasons for urinary tract symptoms.

20. Type 2 Diabetes: Hyperosmolar Hyperglycemic Nonketotic Syndrome

    Article - Hyperosmolar hyperglycemic nonketotic syndrome can affect older adults with very high blood sugar. Prevent this emergency complication of type 2 diabetes.

21. 18 Things Your Feet Say About Your Health

    Article - The condition of your feet says a lot about your overall health. Here are 18 clues your feet can give to short-term or chronic health problems.

22. 10 Essential Diabetes Resources on the Web

    Article - Information about type 2 diabetes abounds on the Internet. But which sources are reliable, and who has the best tips, tools, and advice? This list includes 10 excellent sites you can trust. Don't use them to make changes to your parent's treatment plan, though, without first checking with someone on her healthcare team...

23. 10 Health Checks Your Parent with Diabetes Needs

    Article - How often should your parent with type 2 diabetes see her diabetes doctor? The ADA recommends quarterly appointments for people who take insulin or who have trouble controlling their glucose levels, and two or three annual visits for others with diabetes...

24. Type 2 Diabetes: High Blood Sugar (Hyperglycemia)

    Article - High blood sugar is a common complication of type 2 diabetes. Find out what you need to know to recognize, treat, and prevent high blood sugar.

25. Type 2 Diabetes: Hypoglycemia Unawareness (Low Blood Sugar Condition)

    Article - The low blood sugar condition hypoglycemia unawareness is an acute complication of type 2 diabetes. Learn to recognize, treat, and prevent this low blood sugar condition.

26. Type 2 Diabetes: Ketoacidosis

    Article - Ketoacidosis is an emergency condition that can affect people with type 2 diabetes. Find out how to recognize, treat, and prevent ketoacidosis.

27. Type 2 Diabetes: Low Blood Sugar (Hypoglycemia)

    Article - Low blood sugar (hypoglycemia) can hit hard in older adults with type 2 diabetes. What you need to know to recognize, treat, and prevent low blood sugar.

28. Managing Type 2 Diabetes: How to Help Someone in Your Care Make Lifestyle Changes

    Article - How to help an older adult with type 2 diabetes make healthy lifestyle changes.

29. Managing Type 2 Diabetes: How to Identify and Overcome Age-Related Obstacles

    Article - Find out about challenges for older adults coping with type 2 diabetes and potential solutions to the problems.

30. What Are the Best Steps to Take for Diabetes Prevention?

    Article - Learn about the best methods of diabetes prevention.

31. Diabetes and High Blood Pressure

32. How Can Diabetes Affect Bladder Control?

33. Managing Type 2 Diabetes: How to Juggle a Diabetes Diagnosis With Other Medical Issues

    Article - Challenges for older adults with a type 2 diabetes diagnosis along with other medical conditions, and potential solutions to dual-diagnosis problems.

34. How to Help Someone With Diabetes Stick With Diet Recommendations

    Article - Help someone with diabetes make smart food choices. Educate yourself and her about what she can and can't eat without driving her crazy.

35. Managing Type 2 Diabetes: Coping With the 5 Toughest Challenges

    Article - Learn about the toughest challenges those with type 2 diabetes face and find ways you can help someone with diabetes overcome these obstacles.

36. What Is Type 2 Diabetes?

    Article - Learn the basics about type 2 diabetes -- its causes, complications, and management -- so you can help someone after a type 2 diabetes diagnosis.

37. How to Avoid a Diabetic Emergency

    Article - How to avoid two potentially life-threatening type 2 diabetes complications.

38. How to Avoid Acute Diabetes Complications

    Article - How to avoid acute, short-term type 2 diabetes complications such as low or high blood sugar (hypoglycemia or hyperglycemia)

39. 9 Things to Do When Someone Is Diagnosed With Diabetes

    Article - A handy checklist of things you can do to help when someone is newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.

40. How to Help a Diabetic Follow Exercise Recommendations

    Article - A guide to how to encourage someone with diabetes to exercise

41. How to Help a Diabetic Follow Medication Recommendations

    Article - Strategies to help you help diabetics take their diabetes medications on time and consistently.

42. Monitoring Blood Glucose 101

    Article - Monitoring the blood glucose of someone with diabetes helps identify which treatments work best. Here are the basics of blood glucose monitoring.

43. What Is Diabetic Retinopathy?

    Article - If the person in your care has diabetes, you may already know that the condition can cause vision problems. The most common one is diabetic retinopathy, the leading cause of blindness in working-age Americans. In fact, almost half of Americans with diabetes have some form of diabetic retinopathy...

44. Case Management for Diabetes Care

    Article - Case management is an important resource for families living with chronic illness. It is easy to become stressed out with the demands of the disease and with the red tape of the health care and social services network. Case managers need to have a basic understanding of the special needs of persons with chronic illness...

45. Managing Type 2 Diabetes: How to Help an Older Adult Deal With Denial and Depression

    Article - Help older adults with type 2 diabetes deal with denial and depression.

46. Women: What Your Sex Life Says About Your Health

    Article - 7 unsexy scenes that can be clues to an underlying medical issue

47. 8 Preventive Screenings Medicare Will Cover

    Article - Medicare covers a considerable amount of preventive medicine, and beginning in 2011 it will cover even more. Medicare Part B covers a number of important screening tests -- as of January 1, 2011, paying 100 percent of the cost -- if the person you're caring for meets certain conditions...

48. 15 Medical Tests Every Woman Should Have

    Article - Maintain your health by having regular medical screening exams. Learn the 15 most important medical tests every woman should have.

49. 10 Things Your Skin Says About Your Health

    Article - Your skin is your body's largest organ, and it can give you many clues about your health. Ten warning signs from the skin to look out for.

50. 15 Medical Tests Every Man Should Have

    Article - One of the best ways to maintain health is to have regular medical screening exams. Learn the 15 most important medical tests every man should have.

51. 9 Government Benefits You Might Be Missing Out On

    Article - Free or inexpensive services can make all the difference to a budget. Here, nine cost-cutting benefits for situations from healthcare to yard work.

52. How to Help Someone Make Dietary Changes

    Article - Advice on how to help a patient with chronic conditions like diabetes and heart disease make dietary changes for the better.

53. Stroke Risk Factors

    Article - Find out more about factors that put you at risk for stroke -- those you can't change, and those you can.