Featured Interview
Team Type 1 Athlete Tom Kingery
Tom Kingery is a seasoned marathon runner, triathlete, and four time Ironman finisher. He also has Type 1 diabetes. As a member of Team Type 1, Tom and his teammates inspire those affected by diabetes and show that with the proper diabetes management and care, anything is possible. We caught up with Tom to learn [...]
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Don’t Let Diabetes Damage Your Kidneys
If you have diabetes, your kidneys are at risk of being damaged by the disease. Diabetes is the most common cause of kidney failure in the United States. Many people with diabetes develop chronic kidney disease (CKD), but most people do not have enough damage to cause complete kidney failure. Diabetes results when excess sugar [...]
Steps to Reduce Diabetic Kidney Damage
People who have type 1 diabetes (formerly known as juvenile diabetes) are at increased risk of developing chronic kidney disease and possible kidney failure. There is no proven technique to prevent kidney damage from occurring in diabetics. However, research from the University of Washington gives new hope that keeping blood sugar as close to normal [...]
Diabetes Increases Heart Disease & Stroke Risk at All Ages
People with diabetes are twice as likely to develop heart disease or to have a stroke as people who do not have diabetes. Both of those conditions sound like something that will happen later in life. But these risks are not limited to middle age and beyond. Research from the SEARCH CVD Study shows that [...]
A1C – A Test of Your Average Blood Glucose Levels
If you have diabetes, your doctor may use the A1C test to track how well your blood sugar is being controlled. This test is also sometimes called glycated hemoglobin, glycosylated hemoglobin, hemoglobin A1C, or HbA1c. The A1C test is a standard blood test used for an initial diagnosis of all types of diabetes. Diabetes is [...]
Diabetes Can Cause Nerve Damage
People with diabetes often develop nerve damage due to higher than normal levels of sugar in their blood. Diabetes results when the body is not able to produce enough insulin to move sugar or glucose from the blood into the cells. Diabetes can also result when insulin is present but cells are not able to [...]
Don’t Let Diabetes Steal Your Hearing
If you have been diagnosed with diabetes, you are probably aware that uncontrolled blood sugar levels may put you at higher risk for a variety of health complications including high blood pressure, heart disease, and vision problems. But you may not know that hearing loss is also on that list of possible side effects from [...]
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