Type 2 Diabetes Symptoms How Can You Distinguish Them.

Most of diabetics have passed many years having type 2 diabetes symptoms without distinguishing them. Only a recurrent skin infection or a heart attack can be a decisive point to detect diabetes. In some cases, the most terrible ones, the only ''symptom'' for type 2 diabetes onset is 'death'. This is really awful.

That's why you should know and recognize type 2 diabetes symptoms. I'm not talking here about the long journey through medical... read more

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Man pleads guilty to selling diabetes test strips

SOUTH BEND — In late 2007, the health care manufacturer Bayer recalled $5 million worth of diabetic glucose test strips that a northern Indiana man was hired to dispose of.

William Greg Kroa, owner and president of the Knox recycling company Nor Am Plastics Recycling Inc., was paid more than $8,000 to dispose of the test strips, many of which had been voluntarily recalled because they were found to be defective.

Test strips are used... read more

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Diabetic finally gets tax relief from Wal-Mart

Henry Hutchmacher Jr.'s 11-year-old daughter has diabetes. Every day, she goes through a handful of alcohol swabs, lancets and glucose strips.

Those diabetic supplies are exempt from sales tax, according to state law, yet Hutch- macher said he had a hard time convincing the Wal-Mart in Goose Creek to give the break to his daughter, Ashley.

Most of what a diabetic patient needs can be prescribed, said Wayne Weart, professor of pharmacy and... read more

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How Well Do You Know Your Diabetes Management Plan?

As a person with diabetes, you are in charge of your diabetes management. Your doctor, diabetes educator, dietitian, and other members of your team are there to give input on your plan, but between checkups, your diabetes care is your responsibility.

Having the information you need is key to successfully managing your diabetes. It's important to truly know what your diabetes plan is and to understand how to carry it out. It also helps... read more

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Rising problem

Different treatment options are available to treat erectile dysfunction.

ERECTILE dysfunction (ED) is a condition in which a man is unable to get an erection sufficient for satisfactory intercourse. Some cannot get an erection at all; others get an erection that is not firm enough for penetration of the partner, while still others are able to achieve penetration but then lose the erection. ED was formerly known as impotence.

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Diabetes Epidemic Now Poses Challenges for Nursing Homes

MONDAY, Jan. 5 (HealthDay News) -- More and more people with diabetes are living to older ages, thanks to medical advances. But the long-term facilities, such as nursing homes, that care for aging Americans may not be ready for the additional challenges that come with treating patients with diabetes.

"We need to spend appropriate time to think of a way to successfully provide care for people with diabetes as they enter their elder years, and... read more

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Getting Down to Basals

To borrow a phrase from the late, great Rodney Dangerfield, “Basal insulin gets no respect.” Very few people know how to spell it correctly (basil? bazal? I mean, really!), and even fewer know what the heck it’s for. That’s a shame, because basal insulin (no “z”) is the foundation upon which insulin therapy is built.

Unlike its more famous little brother bolus, which is the rapid-acting insulin given to cover those delicious carbohydrates in our... read more

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2008: The Year in Diabetes

As the year draws to a close, we thought that we'd take a look back at the news stories, blog entries, recipes, and articles that were the most popular on DiabetesSelfManagement.com in 2008. Leave us a comment and let us know which ones were your favorites and why!

Top 5 Breaking News Stories
Here are some of the stories that made headlines in 2008.

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A Low Blood Sugar Scenario Explained

Every type 1 fears having a hypoglycemic event. Because people are usually more accustomed to dealing with highs, however, a sudden low often catches them unaware. Use this fictional yet typical story to find out what might happen medically during a low and what you need to know to keep hypoglycemia in check.

Joe, our fictional person with type 1 diabetes, uses multiple daily injections of insulin. Dr. Christopher Saudek, MD, our physician, is Director... read more

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Diabetes in the Drive-Thru

The average American zips into a drive-thru several times a week picking up his morning coffee or getting dinner on his way home for the evening. Very few can imagine getting a diabetes screen the same way, but for more than 10 years, hundreds have flocked to King's Daughters Hospital, Temple, TX, for that very reason.

If You Build It
When Pam Pierce, RN, CDE, director of clinical support services at King's Daughters,... read more

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