Regular blood glucose testing is important for people with diabetes, but are random blood glucose tests also helpful?

Unfortunately, having diabetes means you’re more likely to develop heart disease, and have an increased risk for stroke and heart attack. But by managing your diabetes and maintaining some healthy lifestyle habits, you can still do lots to protect your heart for the long-term.

People with type 2 diabetes write back to their younger selves, to share personal insights and reflect on their experience of living with diabetes and starting on insulin therapy. Single and hard-working, Dolores at 55 years old defined herself primarily through her job.

Blood glucose targets for elderly people with type 2 diabetes are generally the same as other adults with type 2 diabetes.

If you are caring for a loved one with diabetes, it’s important that you know how to recognize and manage high blood sugar levels (this is known as hyperglycemia).

Getting to the middle of potential health risks can literally start around your middle. Research shows that waist size plays a key factor in your health, especially as it relates to type 2 diabetes and other health issues.

Having a cold is never fun. But when you have diabetes and a cold there’s an added risk to all that sniffing and sneezing: as your body sends out extra hormones to fight infection, it can alter your body’s sugar and insulin response.