Whether you are suffering from diabetes, are pre-diabetic, or simply have a loved one locked in their own battle with the disease, you should read a lot about diabetes. As much as you can, in fact.

Whether you are suffering from diabetes, are pre-diabetic, or simply have a loved one locked in their own battle with the disease, you should read a lot about diabetes. As much as you can, in fact.

When finding out information about diabetes, it is often easy to become confused on the issue of hypoglycemia.

A healthy lifestyle that includes weight control, proper nutrition and regular exercise goes a long way towards helping you control diabetes.

It used to be clear that Juvenile, or Type-I diabetes, occurred only with children, and Type-II ("Adult Onset") diabetes occurred solely among adults. While Type-I diabetes remains a problem of the young, and has a different etiology than Type-II diabetes, both are climbing in incidence.

For individuals with diabetes, self care is extremely important to avoid future health complications.

66 million Americans are clinically obese. That means that they have more than 30% fat by body weight, when a 'normal' body should have less than 25%. Obesity has reached epidemic proportions over the past twenty years.

It is important for all individuals to maintain an active lifestyle for good mental and physical health. It is just as important for the older person who has type-2 diabetes to stay physically active for their good health.

Insulin resistance has reached epidemic proportions in the developed world. Closely associated with obesity, the main causes are too many refined sugars and starches, and inactivity. What is insulin resistance? What causes it, and what can we do to get rid of it?

If you are over age 50, or have certain other risk factors, you could be at risk for peripheral arterial disease (PAD), a form of cardiovascular illness. Here is what you need to know...

Insulin resistance affects tens of millions in the United States. While insulin resistance can run in families, it is most influenced by lack of activity and the consumption of too much unrefined sugar. Both lead to an overweight condition, which then makes the problem of insulin resistance worse.

Diabetes is a scourge on our society. The number of diabetes patients in the US has climbed to an estimated 12-14 million, up from 8 million in 1990. This article will deal with the growth in Type-I and Type-II diabetes in the US, and the effect that diabetes can have on circulatory disease.

Diabetes is a common medical concern that millions of people live with.

PCOS (Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome) is a hormone imbalance that occurs in women, and can often be mistaken for something else. Women who have it have high testosterone and high circulating insulin levels.

Insulin resistance is now being understood to be a major contributor to the onset of diabetes. While we know that glucose and glycosylated hemoglobin tests can be used to detect diabetes type I or II, many in the general public did not realize that higher glucose levels over a long period of time can create insulin resistance, thus setting the stage for the more serious forms of diabetes in the future.