Diabetes

Understand diabetes and how your body uses insulin to handle glucose. You'll also find information about the impact of diabetes on other systems in the body.

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Almost every cell in your body needs insulin. Learn how your body secretes insulin from this article.

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Symptoms associated with diabetes include fatigue, frequent urination and excessive hunger. Learn more about how a lack of insulin affects the body in this article.

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People who suffer from diabetes have a greater risk of depression than people who don't have diabetes. Learn more facts about depression and diabetes, prevention, and treatment.

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If you suffer from diabetes, your doctor might order an oral glucose tolerance test to measure your glucose levels. Learn more facts about diabetes, prevention, and treatment.

Sleep can be affected by diabetes. Learn more about sleep and diabetes in this article.

Monitoring your blood sugar is a vital part of the diabetes management process, and frequent self-monitoring is the key to successful diabetes care. Learn more about blood sugar and diabetes.

By Dr. Allen Bennett King & Dr. Dana Armstrong

The kidneys control water quality and levels in the body and release an array of hormones and enzymes. Find out why diabetic kidneys start to lose their ability to be effective water-treatment plants.

By Timothy Gower

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Diabetics are more likely to have a heart attack -- and their heart attacks are more likely to be fatal. Learn how diabetes increases your chances of developing conditions like hypertension and heart failure.

By Timothy Gower

Exercise provides a great opportunity for diabetics to maintain their health. It usually produces rewards in terms of blood glucose control. Learn how exercise helps keep diabetes in check.

By Dr. Allen Bennett King & Dr. Dana Armstrong

In the U.S. alone, 20.8 million people have diabetes -- and about a third don't even know it. Find out some information you just may need.

By Craig Freudenrich, Ph.D.