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Type 2 Diabetes
Here's a shocker: About a quarter of the 24 million Americans who have diabetes don't know it yet. Whether you're a newbie or a veteran, there is much more than medicine involved in the treatment of this disease.
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Risks, Symptoms, and Tests
- 5 Important Tests for Type 2 DiabetesAlmost all diabetes tests are now conducted on blood samples
- How Type 2 Diabetes Can Damage Your Body
- One Man's Weight Loss Was a Sign of Diabetes
- Treating Mild Pregnancy-Related Diabetes Is Good for Mom, Baby
- How Poor Sleep Is Linked to Diabetes
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After Your Diagnosis
- 5 Things You Should Do After a Diabetes DiagnosisHowever you are diagnosed, it's difficult to make instantaneous lifestyle changes
- How to Avoid—and Even Reverse—Diabetes
- Few Type 2 Diabetics Take Insulin
- One Woman Felt Angry After a Diabetes Diagnosis
- To Control Diabetes You Need to Watch Your Blood Sugar
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Doctors and Other Health-Care Support
- Why You Need a Team of Health-Care ProvidersDiabetes affects the entire body, from the brain to the nerves of the feet
- You May Need to Shop Around for the Right Doctor
- Why Diabetes Educators Are So Important
- How to Find Diabetes Support Groups
- How Dietitians Can Help You Control Diabetes
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Monitoring Your Blood Sugar
- How to Choose a Blood Glucose MonitorYou can pick one that's faster, requires less blood, or records more data
- What to Do If Your Blood Sugar Is Too Low
- Why You Should Monitor Your Blood Sugar at Home
- 5 Things a Blood-Sugar Test Can Do For You
- 5 Factors That Affect How Often You Need to Test Your Blood Sugar
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Eating Healthy
- Small but Steady Dietary Changes Are BestIf you have type 2 diabetes you can never look at food in exactly the same way again
- Why Carbohydrates Are So Important in Diabetes
- How to Count Carbohydrates
- How to Snack if You Have Type 2 Diabetes
- 8 Tips for Controlling Portion Sizes
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Weight Loss and Exercise
- How Much Exercise Is Enough?Aim for about 30 minutes of exercise on most days of the week
- Why It Pays to Lose Weight If You Have Type 2 Diabetes
- Weight-Loss Surgery and Type 2 Diabetes
- Lower Blood Sugar in Type 2 Diabetes With Exercise
- 5 Safety Precautions to Take Before You Exercise
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Living With Diabetes
- How the Costs of Type 2 Diabetes Can Add UpBlood glucose test strips alone can cost a dollar each
- Your Family Can Sabotage Your Efforts
- How to Learn to Live With Type 2 Diabetes
- How to Navigate Air Travel if You Have Type 2 Diabetes
- Medicare: One Patient's Story
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Non-Insulin Drugs
- Why Drug Combinations Are Used to Treat Type 2 DiabetesThe first drug people take is usually metformin, an oral medication
- Metformin Is Often the First-Choice Diabetes Drug
- The Pros and Cons of Byetta
- I Struggled With the Side Effects of Non-Insulin Drugs
- Diabetes Drug Byetta Tied to Kidney Problems, Says FDA
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If You Need Insulin
- Good News About Today's Improved InsulinsAndy switched to once-a-day insulin and uses shorter, thinner needles
- Why Insulin Use Isn't Always Permanent
- Insulin Pumps and Type 2 Diabetes
- Needing Insulin Doesn't Mean You've Failed to Control Diabetes
- How to Know When You'll Need Insulin
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Complications of Diabetes
- How to Avoid Amputations if You Have DiabetesFoot injuries are the most common cause of hospitalizations in people with diabetes
- How to Prevent Diabetes Complications
- Why Diabetes Boosts the Risk of Heart Attack and Stroke
- How One Woman Copes With Fear of Complications
- Why There Is a Link Between Depression and Diabetes
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