Diabetes - Symptoms

How Blood Sugar Affects Your Mood

Don't let your blood sugar swings result in mood swings. Use these preventative tips to keep an even keel.

Don't Let Diabetes Complicate Your Love Life

Issues such as decreased sexual desire can often accompany diabetes. But it doesn't have to be that way. Read on for a list of causes and solutions.

Insulin Resistance: Symptoms and Solutions

This common condition is often a precursor to diabetes.

The Sepsis Epidemic

An estimated 750,000 Americans get sepsis each year and 28 and 50 percent will die from the infection. Who's at risk for sepsis, and what can be done to prevent it?

Unexpected Symptoms of Cancer

Even with a lack of pain, cancer can make its presence known in many ways, although some symptoms are a bit vague and ambiguous.

Are You at Risk of Going Blind?

More people are experiencing serious vision problems and even blindness. Learn the risks and what you can do.

Is This Where Diabetic Neuropathy Starts?

This painful, chronic condition affects nearly 50 percent of individuals with diabetes. What does new research show?

Treat 5 Diabetes-Related Skin Problems

Recognize the most common skin conditions associated with diabetes.

5 Symptoms Men Ignore

Men can prevent health risks by paying attention to changes in their body and seeing their doctor when something isn't right.

A Guide to Type 2 Diabetes

About 90 percent of the more than 25 million U.S. children and adults affected by diabetes have type 2 diabetes. Find out more about this growing epidemic, from risk factors to treatment options.

A Year of Living Less Dangerously

Keeping up with all your health screenings may seem daunting, but this list can get you started on a year of healthy living.

Have Diabetes-Related Complications? Exercises to Avoid

Fitness imparts a slew of health benefits, but if you’re living with certain diabetes-related complications, some exercises could end up doing more harm than good. Here’s how to navigate through the confusion and find a workout that works for you.

Diabetes and Driving: Questions Answered

Assessing a diabetic's ability to drive should be tied to evidence of risk and not a diabetes diagnosis alone, says the American Diabetes Association. Yet there are still proper precautions all diabetics should take in order to stay safe on the road.

Diabetes and Menopause: A Combo Challenge

If you’re a diabetic who’s going through menopause, you’re up against some unique challenges. Find out what steps you can take to stay on top of your health.

The Link Between Nerve Damage and ED

Nerve damage doesn't only affect the legs, fingers, and the toes. It can also result in erectile dysfunction (ED), or impotence. Read on to find out how you can prevent ED from affecting you.

Depression and Physical Insecurities: How to Cope and Overcome

In a society obsessed with beauty, most of us don't want to stand out because of our appearance. Whether you have a physical deformity, or are just unhappy with some aspect of how you look, follow these tips to work toward better quality of life.

Living with Dumping Syndrome

If you've had surgery to remove part of your stomach or had gastric bypass surgery to help you lose weight, you may be susceptible to this condition.

Are You Allergic to Insulin or Insulin Resistant?

The terms are so similar that it's easy to confuse being allergic to insulin with insulin resistance.

How to Spot and Treat a Low Blood Sugar Reaction

Here are the signs of hypoglycemia that your close family, friends, and coworkers should learn to recognize and how they should react and respond.

Withholding Insulin for Weight Loss

Understand the scary truth behind diabulimia, the diabetic eating disorder.

How to Lower Morning Blood-Sugar Highs

Demystify the "dawn phenomenon" and prevent elevated blood sugar when you wake up.

How Diabetics Can Treat and Prevent Yeast Infections

Diabetic women are much more prone than non-diabetic women to getting yeast infections. Here's why and what to do about it.

The Link Between Depression and Diabetes

Overwhelmed with sadness? You should know diabetes sufferers have higher rates of depression.

Nerve Pain at Night

If nerve pain from diabetes is keeping you up, here's how to cope.

6 Common Skin Problems in Diabetics

How do you treat the skin you’re in? If you’re diabetic, hopefully you take extra care to examine yours often and see a doctor at the first sign of any abnormality.

Sleep's Effect on the Body's Insulin

When you don't get enough sleep, it can make you feel groggy and cranky. But it can also result in insulin resistance that can lead to the development of type 2 diabetes.

Early Warning Signs of Infection for Diabetics

Infection is a scary prospect for all diabetics. Here, symptoms to watch for.

The 10 Most Common Symptoms of Type 2 Diabetes

You could have type 2 diabetes and not even know it. Here, a top 10 list worth checking out.

5 Ways your TV is Slowly Killing You

Research suggests that your TV-viewing habit can be a deadly pastime.

Diabetes and Necrobiosis Lipoidica Diabeticorum (NLD)

What it is, what to look for, how to treat it.
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