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 Diabetes Signs, Symptoms and Basic Resources Diabetes Signs, Symptoms and Basic Resources
 Types of Diabetes: Juvenile, Type 1, Type 2, Gestational, Pre-Diabetes Types of Diabetes: Juvenile, Type 1, Type 2, Gestational, Pre-Diabetes
 Diabetes Diagnosis and Tests Diabetes Diagnosis and Tests
 Diabetes Treatments: Drugs, Nutrition, Exercise  Diabetes Treatments: Drugs, Nutrition, Exercise
 Diabetes Support Diabetes Support
 Diabetes News & Developments Diabetes News & Developments
 

Diabetes Signs, Symptoms and Basic Resources "Diabetes Signs, Symptoms and Basic Resources"


Diabetes Symptoms and Risk Test - The American Diabetes Association offers together a solid list of key diabetes symptoms, along with a handy interactive self-test that rates your potential risk for developing diabetes.

Beginner's Guide to Diabetes - This valuable Joslin Center diabetes guide is a natural starting point for any newly diagnosed patient. Readers will appreciate the easy-to-understand information on diagnosis, complications, treatment, insulin, drugs, monitoring blood sugar, nutrition, and exercise.

Alternative Diabetes - A professionally-run site that focuses on holistic, complementary and alternative diagnosis and treatments for diabetes treatment, featuring no-hype overviews of therapies such as Traditional Chinese Medicine, herbal medicines, nutrition and vitamins, mind/body treatments, yoga, TAI Chi and more.

Online Diabetes Books - An extremely useful list of online, full-text medical and patient-oriented books about diabetes treatment and diabetic complications. All these online books are available for free, and the list compiled by Paula Ford-Martin, About.com's guide to diabetes.

Diabetes -- Overview  - Emedicine.com's excellent overview of diabetes presents a concise summary -- designed for emergency room doctors -- featuring diabetes' signs and symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, home care, prognosis, and more. Of particular help is the "When to go to the hospital" section.

Types of Diabetes: Juvenile, Type 1, Type 2, Gestational, Pre-Diabetes "Types of Diabetes: Juvenile, Type 1, Type 2, Gestational, Pre-Diabetes"


Do You Have Type 1 Diabetes?  - A crisp, detailed -- but highly understandable -- overview of Type 1 diabetes, its symptoms, and diagnosis process, from Paula Ford-Martin, About.com's Diabetes guide.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about Type 1 Diabetes - The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation has assembled a comprehensive list of questions about juvenile diabetes, focusing on daily life for children, nutrition, exercise, and the latest research. Particularly useful are the tips on camps for diabetic children, and support groups for parents.

Am I At Risk for Type 2 Diabetes? - The National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse presents a complete overview of Type 2 diabetes, including prevention, signs, symptoms, testing, risk factors, and your next steps after diagnosis.

What You Need to Know About Gestational Diabetes  - About.com's Diabetes Guide Paula Ford-Martin shares a comprehensive review of gestational diabetes that will be a help to any pregnant with this potentiall confusing condition. Includes risk factors, diagnosis, effects on the baby, monitoring, insulin and drugs, nutrition, weight changes, and more.

Pre-diabetes - The American Diabetes Association offers the latest information on this increasingly common condition, how it differs from diabetes itself, what you can do to diagnose, test for and treat it. Useful focus on how nutrition and exercise may prevent pre-diabetes from becoming full diabetes.

Diabetes Diagnosis and Tests "Diabetes Diagnosis and Tests"


Understanding Diabetes Tests - About.com's diabetes guide Paula Ford-Martin walks you through the various tests used for diabetes diagnosis and monitoring, including fasting plasma glucose, Hemoglobin A1c, Lipid panels, glucose challenge, oral glucose tolerance tests, and other important tests.

How to Test Your Blood Glucose - Maintaining your target blood glucose level -- with the help of the right food, exercise and medicines -- is critical in monitoring diabetes, and preventing related complications. Find out the specifics on how to test your blood glucose from this WebMD/Cleveland Clinic online guide.

How Is Diabetes Diagnosed? - Cleveland Clinic's excellent guide provides a thorough start-to-finish review of the diabetes diagnosis process, brought to you by WedMD.

Diabetes Treatments: Drugs, Nutrition, Exercise  "Diabetes Treatments: Drugs, Nutrition, Exercise "


Insulin and Other Medicines for People with Diabetes - This online booklet from the National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse (NDIC) focuses on when you need to take diabetes medicine, medicines for both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes, a detailed look at types of insulin, and how to know if your diabetes medicines are working.

What New Oral Medications are Available for Type 2 Diabetes? - The Joslin Center provides a helpful overview of all the oral diabetes drugs for treating type 2 diabetes, from the older sulfonylureas, to the latest "insulin sensitizers" such as Actos, Avandia and Rezulin, to starch blockers like Precose, and the popular blood sugar medicine, Glucophage.

Top 8 Questions to Ask Yourself When Considering an Insulin Pump - Insulin pumps can offer you more freedom and better control, but they aren't a perfect fit for everyone. Paula Ford-Martin, About.com's guide to diabetes, outlines the key questions to ask yourself to help determine if pumping is the right choice for you or your child.

What I Need to Know About Eating and Diabetes - The National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse (NDIC) has put together this comprehensive online guide, which talks about how food affects blood sugar levels, and the relationship to diabetes medicines and exercise. Features detailed information on proper eating for diabetics.

Diabetes Support "Diabetes Support"


Local Diabetes Support and Events - At the American Diabetes Association's "Get Local" page, you can enter your zip code, and you'll get contact info for you local office, local support group info, and links to local events, doctors and support groups.

Diabetes Online Support Forum - Busy and community-oriented support forum for exchange of information and support on all facets of living with diabetes. Features many knowledgeable patients and the input and moderation of About.com?s diabetes guide, Paula Ford Martin.

American Diabetes Association Community Forum. - An active, high-profile online support forum, sponsored by the American Diabetes Association, where patients and practitioners can exchange support and information about diabetes.

Diabetes News & Developments "Diabetes News & Developments"


Diabetes Blog - You'll find the latest news on diabetes at this fresh, regularly updated and informative diabetes "blog" from About.com's diabetes guide, Paula Ford-Martin.

MEDLINEplus Diabetes - The National Library of Medicine's MEDLINEplus page on diabetes feature slinks to the latest news, as well as new diabetes-related resources from federal agencies and private sector research organizations.

The Diabetic News - Site features news stories, plus a free subscription newsletter for people living with diabetes or interested in diabetes related health issues.

Doctor's Guide -- Diabetes - An excellent compilation of the latest diabetes news and alerts, pulling from major medical journals and various news services.

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