Diabetes
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a set of related diseases in which the body cannot regulate the amount of sugar (specifically, glucose) in the blood. Diabetes includes type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes, gestational diabetes, metabolic syndrome, and pre-diabetes.
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Diabetes Related Resources
Diabetes Articles
- What Are the Warning Signs of Neuropathy?
- How Do You Bring Down Your Blood Sugar?
- What Is the Most Common Cause of Low Blood Sugar?
- What Age Does Type 2 Diabetes Usually Start?
- What Are the First Signs of Being a Diabetic?
- What Foods to Eat to Lower Potassium Levels
- What Is the Difference Between Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes?
- Why Do We Need Two Kidneys?
- What Are Types of Insulin Resistance?
- Which Is Worse, Type 1 or 2 Diabetes?
- What Are 10 Warning Signs of Diabetes?
- What Is the Reason for Diabetes?
- Diabetic Eye Disease
- How to Increase Phosphate Levels (Hypophosphatemia)
- What Is a Normal Blood Sugar Level for a Nondiabetic?
Diabetes Medications
- saxagliptin (Onglyza) (Onglyza)
- metformin and sitagliptin (Janumet, Janumet XR) (Janumet)
- sitagliptin (Januvia) (Januvia)
- glimepiride and pioglitazone (Duetact) (Duetact)
- metformin and pioglitazone (Actoplus Met, Actoplus Met XR) (Actoplus Met)
- exenatide (Byetta) (Byetta Prefilled Pen) (Byetta)
- pramlintide (SymlinPen 120, SymlinPen 60) (Symlin, SymlinPen 120, SymlinPen 60)
- insulin detemir (Levemir, Levemir FlexPen, Levemir FlexTouch) (Levemir, Levemir FlexPen)
- insulin glulisine (Apidra, Apidra SoloStar Pen) (Apidra, Apidra OptiClik Cartridge, Apidra SoloStar Pen)
- insulin aspart and insulin aspart protamine (NovoLOG Mix 70/30) (NovoLog Mix 70/30, NovoLog Mix 70/30 FlexPen, Novolog Mix 70/30 PenFill)
- glipizide and metformin (Metaglip) (Metaglip)
- nateglinide (oral) (Starlix) (Starlix)
- glyburide and metformin (Glucovance) (Glucovance)
- insulin aspart (Fiasp, Fiasp FlexTouch, Fiasp PenFill) (NovoLog, NovoLog FlexPen, NovoLog PenFill)
- insulin glargine (Basaglar KwikPen, Lantus, Lantus OptiClik Cartridge) (Lantus, Lantus OptiClik Cartridge, Lantus Solostar Pen)
Diabetes Images and Slideshows
- What You Should Know About Metabolic Syndrome
- Diabetes: Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy Treatment
- Slideshow: Diabetes Management in 10 Minutes
- 10 Muscle-Building Exercises for Diabetes
- Diabetes: Best Diets When You Have Diabetes
- Type 1 Diabetes: What Are The Symptoms?
- Diabetes: Best Foods for a Prediabetes Diet
- Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy: Improve Diabetes Nerve Pain
- Type 2 Diabetes: Signs, Symptoms, Treatments
- Diabetes: What Raises and Lowers Your Blood Sugar Level?
- Diabetes: Guide to Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy
- Diabetes: 12 Ways Too Much Sugar Harms Your Body
- Prediabetes: You Can Turn It Around
- Diabetes: How Blood Sugar Levels Affect Your Body
- Diabetes Tips: Managing and Living With Diabetes
Diabetes Quizzes
Diabetes News
- Cancer May Increase Risk of Type 2 Diabetes
- Antidiabetes Drug Costs Keep Patients Away
- Vitamin D Doesn't Reduce Type 2 Diabetes Risk ... or Does It?
- Experts Endorse Plant-Based Diet for Type 2 Diabetes Remission
- Is All Type 1 Diabetes the Same?
- Metformin Use in Father Linked to Major Birth Defects
- Mild COVID-19 Infection Linked to Later Type 2 Diabetes
- More Than 1 in 10 People in US Have Diabetes, CDC Says
- COVID-19 Associated With Increased Diabetes Risk in Youth
- Specific Blood Pressure-Lowering Drugs Prevent Onset of New Diabetes
- Neighborhood Fast Food Restaurants Linked to Type 2 Diabetes
- Which Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Need SGLT2 Inhibitors?
- Alcohol May Trigger Neuropathy, Even in Those With Diabetes
- Statins Tied to Diabetes Progression
- Could an Osteoporosis Drug Ward Off Diabetes?