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5 Tips on Staying Mentally Fit With Diabetes
Diabetes can affect your mental health. It’s enough to make you either shut down and deny it completely, or feel completely overwhelmed. Especially right after your diagnosis. It’s not always easy to come to terms with the thought of having to live with it for the rest of your life. On average, people with diabetes struggle with depression or mental health issues about twice as often as people without diabetes.¹
March 20, 2020•by Marie Kaiser
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The development of insulin pumps - from then to now
Have you ever wondered how long insulin pumps have been around, what the first insulin pump looked like and how insulin pumps have developed over the years? We're going to answer those questions for you ...
March 18, 2020•by Ilka Gdanietz
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14 Early Signs and Symptoms of Diabetes Type 1 & Type 2
How can you tell if you have diabetes? Well, in most cases it depends on the type of diabetes because the signs of type 2 diabetes can be so mild that you probably don’t even realize them. In this article you will learn about the early signs of type 1 and type 2 diabetes.
March 16, 2020•by Heather Nelson
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Is diabetes hereditary? - Understand the role of your genetics
One sentence that was burned into my brain when I was diagnosed in the 90s was that I would "very likely" later pass my type 1 diabetes on to my children. At that time I accepted that and at the age of 10 years I didn’t think much more about it. But how likely is it really to inherit type 1 diabetes?
March 10, 2020•by Ilka Gdanietz
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Smoking and Diabetes - What You Need To Know Today
Smoking negatively impacts your overall health - most of us have heard that in one form or another for years. But people still smoke, including people with diabetes. We get it. It's a hard habit to kick, especially if you feel you’re already giving up a lot to manage your diabetes.
March 10, 2020•by Danica Schneeweiss
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8 regular and important lab checks for people with type 2 diabetes
Do you know your health numbers? Diabetes isn’t only about blood sugar! It is recommended that people with diabetes have regular check ups and labs completed. It can be challenging to keep it all straight, so we explain each important test below.
February 3, 2020•by Michèle Hofer
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