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Diabetes Topic

Diabetes Topic
A guide to help you understand and manage diabetes.

Diabetes News  
The latest diabetes-related news headlines.

• Shedding Pounds Saved One Woman's Life
• FDA Puts Partial Hold on Avandia Safety Study
• Diabetics Urged to Confer With Their Doctor About Avandia Use
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Diabetes Feature Story  

Lowering Blood Sugar Drops Heart Risks, TooLowering Blood Sugar Drops Heart Risks, Too

Finding contradicts reports of increased likelihood of harm

Although there's been some debate about whether tight blood sugar control can reduce the chances of heart disease, a study from The Lancet found that when people with type 2 diabetes achieved excellent control of their blood sugar level, their risk for heart disease dropped by about 15 percent.full story»


Diabetes-Related Illnesses and Conditions  
Find information about illnesses and conditions that relate to diabetes or search the entire database.
General Information

Illnesses and Conditions

Complications from Diabetes

Treatments, Therapies and Procedures

Living With Diabetes

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Diabetes-Related Complementary and Alternative Medicine  
Search complementary and alternative therapies for diabetes.


Complementary and Alternative Medicine
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Diabetes-Related Drug Guide  
Search the Drug Guide, an electronic drug reference that provides useful patient education, summaries of more than 2,400 commonly prescribed medications.

drug guide
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Medical Tests

C-Peptide

Glycohemoglobin (GHB)

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