Diabetes

Myths About Diabetes
You've been diagnosed with diabetes. Your life is so doomed you cannot even choose who you associate with anymore. Right? WRONG! Many of the myths surrounding diabetes are simply untrue. Let's take a look at four of those myths. Myth number 1 People who have diabetes have to eat especially prepared diabetic foods and can never eat sweets or chocolate or even drink a glass of wine with a special...
Type I & Type II Diabetes
One of the most talked about diseases today is diabetes (diabetes mellitus). There seems to be an epidemic including people of all ages. What are we to do? How about just using a little common sense? Start with learning as much as you can about the disease before you panic. If so many have it then there should be a lot of research available to answer your questions. What is Diabetes? Diabetes...
Diabetic Retinopathy
Retinopathy is a non-inflammatory damage to the retina in the eye. It is most commonly caused by a problem with the blood supply within the eye. Diabetic Retinopathy is caused by complications of diabetes mellitus and can eventually lead to blindness. All diabetics who have suffered diabetes for fifteen years are more are at risk of diabetic retinopathy. It affects at least 80% of diabetics who...