When to Take Diabetes Medicines: Diabetes Questions & Answers
A couple of factors determine the optimal timing of medicine doses…
Diabetes Treatment & Therapy
The goal in treating diabetes is to minimize elevation of blood sugar without causing abnormally low levels of blood sugar. Learn about the treatments for diabetes including: medications, insulin, insulin pumps and pens, medications and diabetic diet.
Getting Down to Basals
Basal insulin is necessary for maintaining blood glucose control, not to mention survival. So how much is needed? And when should it be taken?
Alternative and Complementary Therapies for Diabetes
What if you could make a few small changes in your lifestyle to help manage your diabetes? Learn about alternative and complementary therapies for diabetes…
Understanding Insulin
Insulin is a hormone that is released by the beta cells of the pancreas in response to a rise in the level of glucose in the blood…
Recent FDA Approvals for Diabetes
In the last six years, eight new classes of diabetes medications have joined doctors’ armamentariums to treat people with diabetes…
Increasing Insulin Sensitivity
You can lower your level of insulin resistance by modifying your lifestyle choices, particularly your exercise and eating choices…
Ready, Aim, Inject!
Many people are understandably uneasy about the idea of giving themselves injections. Learning more about how insulin injections work, however, usually helps alleviate some fears and concerns…
Beyond Insulin
Being on insulin no longer means that you’ve reached the end of your options for managing your diabetes. A number of other medical treatments can be used safely and effectively along with insulin…
Type 2 Diabetes and Insulin
Find out how taking insulin to treat Type 2 diabetes can help maintain optimal blood glucose levels to reduce the risk of diabetic complications…
Selecting an Insulin Program for Type 1 Diabetes
For people with Type 1 diabetes, is there really anything more personal and significant in your life than your insulin program? In a way, your insulin program defines your lifestyle. It can either dictate your meal, sleep, and activity schedules, or it…
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