Diabetes Body Care

Diabetics must take special care with their bodies because their problems go beyond the pancreas; they also must take care of their heart, teeth, feet and skin. Learn more about diabetes body care.

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Protecting Seniors from Dangerous Summer Heat
Heat kills 400 Americans a year, many of them elderly. Yet seniors often don't realize when they are becoming overheated. Learn ways to protect elderly loved ones from hot weather, even if they refuse to use air conditioning or dress too warmly. And find out first aid tips should they collapse from heat stroke.
Sugar: An Overview of Diabetes
Diabetes is a disorder of the metabolism—the way our bodies use digested food for growth and energy. In the elderly, diabetes can pose an even greater health risk of which caregivers should be aware.
Diabetes and Skin Care
Diabetes can harm the skin in two ways: through fluid loss and nerve damage.
Testing Blood Glucose Levels
Testing blood sugar, or blood glucose level, helps manage diabetes and reduce the risk of having long-term complications.
Type 2: The Most Common Form of Diabetes
Type 2 is the most prevalent form of diabetes, and the one that impacts older people the most. It is often referred to as "sugar."
Complementary and Alternative Medical Therapies for Diabetes
Here are some complementary or alternative medical therapies that can be used in treatment of diabetes.
Pre-Diabetes: What You Need to Know
Pre-diabetes means you have blood glucose levels that are higher than normal but not high enough to be called diabetes.
Who Gets Diabetes? Top 10 Risk Factors
Certain risk factors can increase the chances that a person will get diabetes. Some risk factors can be eliminated, while others cannot.
An Overview of Diabetic Neuropathy
Nerve damage is a serious condition that is associated with diabetes and can lead many health problems.
Results of the Largest Diabetes Research Study
The Diabetes Prevention Program studied whether either diet and exercise or the oral diabetes drug metformin could prevent or delay the onset of type 2 diabetes.

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