Alanna Ritchie of www.drugwatch.com has provided this article.

Type 2 diabetes medications can prevent dangerous blood sugar levels, but can also be harmful in and of themselves. When starting a new medication, you should be aware of the possible side effects and what those side effects may indicate. 

Nearly every diabetes medication…

Mydiabetes.com is about providing support to patients, family members, friends, and health care professionals who travel on the diabetes journey.  In this weeks newsletter  we have brought together for you interesting articles about diabetes.

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Diagnosing Diabetes

Diabetes may be…

One of the challenges of living with diabetes is often the change that needs to be made with the food and drink that we consume . Your medical advisors will, no doubt, have given you some very specific advice about what kind of foods to eat and what kind of foods to avoid.

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Hello Everyone, 

My name is Christopher and i have been a diabetic ever since I was 7 years old (I am 31 now).  I got diabetes from contracting the chicken pox and it attacked my pancreas.  Through the next 23 years, I have had huge issues with drastic ups and downs in my blood sugar.  There were many times I would wake up in the middle of the night in cold sweats, there were times someone would have to call the paramedics to get me out of an unresponsive state.  Doctors…

My mother is a diabetic and she has to take insulin 2 times a day.  She recently had her foot and part of her ankle amputated.  Her blood sugar goes up and down.  She goes into diabetic comas a lot.  What can I do to help her control her blood sugar.

It is national diabetes week in the UK and the leading charity Diabetes UK has released the following press release.

'A Diabetes UK survey has found that nearly one million people in the UK could be risking their health and experiencing emotional distress by keeping their diabetes a secret.

As a result Diabetes UK is raising awareness of the importance of talking about diabetes during Diabetes Week this year (12 to 18 June) and we are encouraging anyone having…

VOLUNTEER ABROAD IN LATIN AMERICA for CHILDREN WITH DIABETES

Volunteer with AYUDA--American Youth Understanding Diabetes Abroad, Inc.

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Happy Easter Everyone

Have Been to my eye doctor and endo the eye doctor was for a check up as it has been years to have my eye seen to the doctor and my endo up my insulin to 14 units becuase my bg was still high well thant's all for now hope you have a good easter

Kris Freeman is the best cross country skier in America, and an Olympic medal contender for a country that has not won a medal in this discipline in 34 years.

His blood sugar dropped, and he fell to the ground during the 30K cross country race on day 9 of the Olympic games. With the help of a German coach and some sustenance he got back on his skis and finished the race.

Kris Freeman is an inspirational character who demonstrates the importance…