Diabetes

Take a look at how the sweet stuff messes with your health, from head to toe.

Choosing the right plan can simplify meals and help you stay on track with a diabetes-friendly diet.

Treating your type 2 diabetes with insulin? Learn the ins and outs of giving yourself daily injections.

When you're running around, healthy eating can get tricky if you're trying to keep your blood sugar levels in check. Learn how to find diabetes-friendly items when you're away from home.

Medication is only one part of your type 2 diabetes treatment strategy. Learn which lifestyle changes can help keep your blood sugar in check and prevent complications.

When you control your food, you control your type 2 diabetes. Use these tips to shop wisely at the grocery store.

When you're running around, healthy eating can get tricky if you're trying to keep your blood sugar levels in check. Learn how to find diabetes-friendly items when you're away from home.

When you have diabetes, your daily to-do list can seem overwhelming. Here are six things you can do to reduce or avoid burnout.

Diabetic retinopathy can be a challenge, but with the proper treatment and preventative care (including eye exams) it can be managed. Here’s an inside like at what day-to-day life with this condition is like.

When you have diabetes, regular eye exams are crucial to look for diabetic retinopathy, the leading cause of blindness in the United States. One of the country’s leading eye specialists explains why.

Are you making these common missteps in your diabetes management? Learn how to avoid diabetes mistakes.

Having type 2 diabetes doesn’t mean life is over -- it’s just different. See how one man made the changes for a healthy -- and happy -- life with the condition.

Just how much can lifestyle changes make a difference in your health, especially with a chronic illness? Learn how one man changed his lifestyle habits and turned his life around after learning he had type 2 diabetes.

Knowledge is key in managing your diabetes effectively. A diabetes educator shares what you need to know about sources of information -- and support.

Type 2 diabetes is much more than just high blood sugar. Learn the many ways that this condition can damage your body -- and how your doctor can help you fight back.

Type 2 diabetes affects over 400 million people worldwide, but right now there’s no cure. Here’s the latest promising research.

With diabetes, a good skin care routine is an important part of staying healthy.

Learn how lower health screening rates in minority communities is having an impact on health outcomes, and find out what some are doing to improve the situation.

Having people from all racial and ethnic backgrounds in clinical trials helps to ensure that treatments are safe and effective for everyone.

Research shows certain racial and ethnic groups are sometimes treated differently in health care settings. Learn more about why this happens.

Why people in minority groups may not trust the medical community, and how that impacts health care.

Learn about the impact of geography on the health care in minority communities, including issues like lack of access to medical care and lack of "walkable" neighborhoods.

Learn about the ways racism within medical schools and the health care system results in poorer quality of health care for minorities.

Rates of chronic conditions in the U.S. are higher in minority groups than in white populations. Learn more about the social and systemic causes for these health inequities.

The bedrock of type 1 diabetes treatment is insulin therapy, but your lifestyle choices are also a crucial part of your treatment.