Get tips and insights from health-care professionals and people with diabetes, share your thoughts, and ask questions on our blog.
- Tara Dairman
- Katharine Davis
- Maryam Elarbi
- Joe Eldridge
- Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer
- Eric Lagergren
- Mark Marino
- Joe Nelson
- Andy Stuckey
- Alternative Medicine/ Complementary Therapies
- Blood Glucose Monitoring
- Dental Health
- Diabetes News
- Diabetes Research
- Diabetic Complications
- Diagnosis
- Emotional Health
- Exercise
- Eyes & Vision
- Foot Care
- General Diabetes & Health Issues
- Heart Health
- High Blood Glucose
- Insulin & Other Injected Drugs
- Kids & Diabetes
- Living With Diabetes
- Low Blood Glucose
- Men's Health
- Money Matters
- Nutrition & Meal Planning
- Oral Medicines
- Sexual Health
- Tools & Technology
- Traveling With Diabetes
- Type 1 Diabetes
- Type 2 Diabetes
- Weight Loss
- What We're Reading
- Women's Health
Sign up for our weekly e-mail newsletter and receive a FREE GIFT! Enter your e-mail below.
Links to help you learn more about diabetes.
Ask a diabetes expert
Other diabetes resources
Browse article topics
New Erectile Dysfunction Drug Approved
On April 27, pharmaceutical manufacturer Vivus announced the approval of its erectile dysfunction (ED) drug, Stendra (generic name avanafil) by the US Food and Drug Administration. It is the first ED medicine to be approved in over a decade…
Erectile Dysfunction? Modest Weight Loss Can Help
As many as 75% of men with diabetes experience erectile dysfunction. But new research from the University of Adelaide in Australia indicates that a modest weight loss of only 5% can improve erectile function and sexual desire — as well as reduce bladder problems — in obese men with Type 2…
Sex in Vegas
Hey, team: I’m speaking in Las Vegas next week at the annual meeting of the American Association of Diabetes Educators. The talk is called “Sex Secrets of People with Diabetes.” The title refers to the sex problems we don’t talk about, and the solutions that are also rarely mentioned…
Sex Hormones and Health
Over 50% of men with Type 2 diabetes have lower than normal testosterone (T) levels. Men with Type 1 also tend to have low T levels. Now research shows that women with diabetes often have low levels of estrogen (E), and that raising E protects against kidney and heart disease in this population…
Are People with Diabetes Sweeter?
Have you ever thought that people with diabetes are often gentler, more giving, maybe more passive — in a word, “sweeter” — than average? I haven’t found any scientific evidence for this idea, but in my personal experience with hundreds of people with diabetes, it sometimes seems true…
And Diabetes Makes Three
My partner Aisha and I have been doing workshops for couples living with multiple sclerosis (MS). We’ve also been writing an advice column called Sex and Diabetes. We’ve learned a lot, but one message stands out. Chronic conditions are hard on relationships.
Disclaimer of Medical Advice: You understand that the blog posts and comments to such blog posts (whether posted by us, our agents or bloggers, or by users) do not constitute medical advice or recommendation of any kind, and you should not rely on any information contained in such posts or comments to replace consultations with your qualified health care professionals to meet your individual needs. The opinions and other information contained in the blog posts and comments do not reflect the opinions or positions of the Site Proprietor.
