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A cannula is used to deliver insulin to the body through a flexible tube connected to an insulin pump.

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Conditions That Cause Type 1 Diabetes

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Certain factors that cause diabetes could be autoimmune, environmental, inherited or virtually any issue that injures the pancreas or even its insulin making beta cells.

Fighting Insulin Resistance

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Becoming insulin resistant is as easy as remembering to breathe, if you are part of a family that has a predisposition to the problem. Halting insulin resistance before it becomes full-blown diabetes is a lot more complicated, and attempting to fix the problem may even make it worse.

Diabetes and Life Insurance - What You Need to Know

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When an insurance carrier is trying to determine a health risk assessment they will ask more detailed questions about the specific health condition, such as when the disease onset occurred, and how you are managing the condition whether through insulin injections, oral medications or diet and exerci

Diabetics Can Finally Enjoy Chocolate!

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Finally diabetics don't have to say 'no' to chocolate!Learn how the latest research shows that chocolate can actually be a very healthy addition on a daily basis.

Diabetic Testing Supplies Primer

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It is vital that, if you have diabetes, you test your blood sugar often. This will allow you to plan your meals and medications, essentially forming your daily treatment around your blood glucose level. Testing often will also allow you to understand how your lifestyle actually affects your diabetes

Risks of Developing Diabetes

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November 2010 was American Diabetes Month, an occasion to build awareness of this all too common disease that's actually a leading cause of death in the U.S. after heart disease and cancer. The American College of Physicians is suggesting that everyone needs to be aware of the risks of developi

Type 2 Diabetes - Lowering the Glycemic Index in Your Kitchen!

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Over the years, we have all heard so many things about what foods are healthy to eat and which are not. There have been fad diets abounding for years such as fat free, low fat, high carb, low carb and more. It is hard to know which eating plan is truly the healthiest for people with Type 2 diabetes,

Can You Reverse Type 2 Diabetes?

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Is type 2 diabetes reversal possible? Learn tips from WebMD for a healthy lifestyle, including diet and exercise.

Diabetic Cooking Tips

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When you have diabetes, preparing your meals can be challenging at first. You may have to get used to a whole new way of cooking and eating. That does not mean you have to give up taste. You can retrain your taste buds to lose their craving for salty, sweet foods and make your meals more flavorful i

Prediabetes: Preventable Diabetes

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Prediabetes precedes diabetes. It is becoming more common and more recognized in the United States. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services estimates that 79 million Americans had prediabetes in 2007. It is estimated that 314 million people worldwide have prediabetes, and the number is proj

Is Hyperinsulinemia Related to Diabetes?

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Hyperinsulinemia is a condition where there are excessive amounts of insulin circulating in the bloodstream. Although it is not diabetes, it is commonly linked to people that have type 2 diabetes.

Diabetes - Diet Guidelines to Make Life Easier

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Diabetes is essentially a genetic disease; however its expression depends on environment. Simply put, you cannot prevent the onset of diabetes if you have its genes in you, but you can manage it very well if you follow a proper life style and observe certain dietary rules.

Diet for Gestational Diabetes

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One of the most common complications of pregnancy, gestational diabetes is a result of hormonal fluctuations. It affects up to 5 percent of pregnant women. The condition occurs when the body is not able to create enough or properly utilize insulin, resulting in too much glucose (which is ingested in

Type 2 Diabetes - Blood Flow in the Eye, Insulin Resistance, and Diabetes

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The most serious eye complications for people with diabetes are forms of retinopathy; the enlargement, breakage, or leaking of tiny blood vessels in the eye, which can spill blood into the eyeball and threaten vision. Diabetic retinopathy is an important cause of blindness in industrialized countrie

Exercise is a Key to Diabetes!

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Exercise is beneficial for both diabetics and other without diabetes. According to researchers, people on the brinks of developing diabetes who follow exercise and diet regime can turn things around and avoid disease. Type 2 diabetes is linked with poor exercise and lack of diet.