Living With Diabetes

Billie Jean King has faced some considerable challenges in her career and triumphed nearly every time. She’s won numerous Grand Slam titles, founded the Women’s Tennis Association, beat Bobby Riggs in the Battle of the Sexes, and came out of the closet while still on tour. Now that she has been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, she is, naturally, attacking at the net.  Read More

For most people, stress is simply annoying or unpleasant; for people with diabetes, it can have a direct impact on health. Stress hormones can cause blood sugar to rise and you may need more insulin or other medications to control blood sugar when you are under stress (being sick or physically injured can also do the same)...  Read More

Although 2003 legislation created Medicare Part D to pay for prescription drugs, there is a gap in coverage known as the doughnut hole that occurs when the federal government stops paying for drug purchases as an annual limit is reached...  Read More

If you have diabetes, you may run into a "blame the victim" mind-set. Type 2 diabetes—unlike, say, cancer—still carries a certain stigma...  Read More

When I was pregnant with my first daughter, I was diagnosed with gestational diabetes. It was pretty stressful: I had to inject insulin three times a day, make sure it was refrigerated, and always have something to eat at the right time...  Read More

If it hasn't happened yet, it will soon. You'll reach for a treat and a close friend, family member, or even a near-stranger who knows you have diabetes will ask: "Should you be eating that?"

You've just been pulled over by a member of the "diabetes police"...  Read More