Diabetes can sometimes feel like an overwhelming disease to manage. There are a lot of things for you to track — from your most recent blood sugar reading and how many carbs you’ve e...
According to the American Diabetes Association (ADA), approximately 1.4 million Americans are diagnosed with diabetes each year. Nearly 6% of those newly diagnosed patients will have type 1 diab...
Prediabetes is a condition in which your blood sugar and A1C are elevated — though not enough to be considered diabetes. With prediabetes, your body is less sensitive to the insulin you pr...
You may feel overwhelmed after a diagnosis of type 1 or type 2 diabetes. There are so many new lifestyle changes to make, from regular glucose checks to healthier...
If you’re living with diabetes, you know it’s important to monitor your blood sugar and take any medications your doctor prescribes.
You’ve probably heard of diabetes, a chronic medical condition where the body can’t properly process glucose (a simple sugar) in the blood. What you may not k...
People who have diabetes — both type 1 and type 2 — tend to feel the summer heat more than people who don’t have diabetes, according to the U.S. Centers for...
We’ve all heard the advice when it comes to getting and staying at a healthy weight and working to prevent type 2 diabetes: Make healthy meals at home, make sma...
Just as it’s important for every family to have a disaster kit on hand, it’s important for people with diabetes to have a diabetes emergency kit. If you mu...
High blood glucose from diabetes causes two problems that can hurt your feet: