News updates and education on the many aspects of Diabetes that the public needs to be aware of.

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Learn About Diabetic Prevention
Diabetes Prevention Program The Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) was a major clinical trial, or research study, aimed at discovering whether either diet and exercise or the oral diabetes drug metf... more (Added 6/19/2006)

Diet, Excercise and Neuropathy
Diet and Exercise Changes May Reverse Impaired Glucose Tolerance Neuropathy By Joene Hendry Individuals with impaired glucose tolerance neuropathy showed improved nerve function and decreased le... more (Added 6/19/2006)

If left to deliver on my own, both of my children would have easily been over nine pounds. Is this as a risk factor for future diabetes?
If left to deliver on my own, both of my children [who were delivered after induction] would have easily been over nine pounds. Is this as a risk factor for future diabetes? My father, his mother, his... more (Added 12/24/2005)

I want to know how diabetes is detected. I am 33 years old and I want to find out now before I get older. A family member (my great uncle) was diagnosed.
Diabetes is diagnosed by blood tests. If you have diabetes you have an elevated fasting plasma glucose -- a value of more than 126 mg/dL on two occasions -- or, following an oral glucose challenge, a ... more (Added 12/24/2005)

Diabetes Detection
First Indicator of Diabetes May Come with Podiatric Examination   By Joene Hendry   At least 20 percent of adult diabetic patients manifest at least one symptom of distal sym... more (Added 12/8/2005)