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The medical community consists of several professionals who can support your routine diabetes needs and those "every-once-in-a-while" needs. The list of providers and doctors below can help reduce your diabetes burden...

NSAID stands for non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug. NSAIDs are widely used to treat mild to moderate pain, fever, and swelling. This makes them useful for pain relief from headaches, sports injuries...

Researchers continue to make exciting progress in developing new options for measuring glucose levels. For decades, they have been studying non-invasive glucose monitors for people living with diabetes. This is...

Continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) are devices worn on the body to monitor blood sugar levels consistently. CGMs have become increasingly popular over the years and are helpful in monitoring and...

I'm not surprised if you've never heard of Fournier's gangrene (FG). It's a rare complication of diabetes (noted in less than 0.1 percent of hospitalizations).1 FG is a type of...

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People with type 2 diabetes are more likely than those without the condition to acquire fungus of the nail.1 While nail fungus is treatable, it takes a long time to...

Being told you have prediabetes can leave you worried and confused about the future. Read on to learn more about what it means to have prediabetes. Prediabetes means your blood...

Postherpetic neuralgia (PHN) is one of the most common complications of shingles. Up to 18 percent of people who get shingles will develop PHN.1 PHN causes severe pain that can...

The two most common risk factors for developing shingles are older age and having a chronic health condition that weakens your immune system. Shingles is a common viral infection that...

Shingles, also known as herpes zoster, is a common viral infection that affects about 1 out of every 3 people in the United States. Its telltale sign is a painful...

People with diabetes have trouble converting food into energy. When you eat, your body breaks down food into a sugar called glucose. Glucose messages your pancreas to create insulin. Then...

For people with diabetes, the body cannot effectively turn food into energy. Insulin, which comes from the pancreas, normally helps let sugar (glucose) from food into cells. The body can...

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a common comorbidity in people with type 2 diabetes (T2D). In fact, approximately half of people with T2D have kidney complications at one point during...

If you are worried about getting sick from respiratory infections like cold, flu, or RSV (respiratory syncytial virus), it is important to take precautions. People who have a weak immune...

As a certified diabetes care and education specialist (CDCES), I hear common concerns about diabetes medicines when working with people with type 2 diabetes. These are my typical responses to...

Continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) have become increasingly popular. They are replacing traditional blood glucose monitoring systems for many people with type 2 diabetes. Continuous glucose monitors are small devices worn...

Depression used to be considered a natural response to the workload of managing a chronic disease like diabetes. That makes sense, right? But over time, research has begun to separate...

Managing a chronic condition such as diabetes is challenging, let alone navigating it through an ongoing pandemic. Even if your blood sugars have been well controlled, having diabetes can increase...

In the past 20-plus years since the release of the first continuous glucose monitor (CGM), the use of these devices has grown significantly. Advances in technology have improved their accuracy...