Living Well With Diabetes -Articles

Transitioning from a pediatrics diabetes program to an adult diabetes program can be exciting and also an unknown, which can be scary for the 18 year old and their parents or caregiver.

Nicotine replacement therapy might help you stop for good! Read all about the different types of nicotine replacement therapies in this article.

Certain medications – including some antibiotics and heart medications – can worsen diabetes control and cause blood glucose levels to rise.

It is estimated that erectile dysfunction affects between 34% and 45% of adult men who have diabetes.

When a healthcare practitioner recommends that a patient with diabetes should add insulin to their oral medications or entirely replace oral medications with insulin, the response is often one of dismay. Such patients often feel that the move to insulin means they have in some way failed in their diabetes self-management.

Smoking is bad for anyone, but it’s especially dangerous for people who have – or are at risk for – type 2 diabetes. In fact, smoking can contribute to type 2 diabetes: smokers are 30% to 40% more likely to develop type 2 diabetes than non-smokers.

When you smoke, your body is physically used to getting a regular fix of nicotine. When you take that away, it’s normal that you’ll experience cravings and withdrawal symptoms.