Diabetes

Diabetes is a relatively common, and potentially serious, disease that effects over 20 million people in America alone. There are three main types of diabetes, which includes: type 1, type 2, and gestational diabetes. Each major type of diabetes can have damaging effects on a person's body. Basically, the disease works by not using or producing insulin properly, which leads to the body not converting sugar and other foods into the energy it needs to survive.

Doctors believe that diabetes is brought on by both genetics and a lack of exercise coupled with a poor diet. Obese individuals are at a far greater risk of developing type 2 diabetes, which is the most common type of diabetes. Blogs that focus on eating healthy, exercising and weight loss can be great resources when trying to prevent or control diabetes.

Exploring the blogosphere, you can find thousands of blogs that focus on diabetes prevention, living with diabetes, “feel-good” stories of conquering the disease, information about people fighting for a cure and much more. Diabetes can be controlled and even prevented if you're equipped with the right knowledge, and the blogosphere has got you covered.

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• Happy Thanksgiving!

  
  DiabetesMine: the all things diabetes blog — Authority: 571
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• Mental health nurses’ diabetes care skills – a training needs analysis

  
  Lancashire Care Library and Information Service — Authority: 145
  Mental health nurses’ diabetes care skills – a training needs analysis, British Journal of Nursing (BJN), 2009 May 28; 18(10): 626, 628-30 Nash M – Lecturer in Psychiatric Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College, Dublin Abstract: This article explores mental health ...
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• David Aitken decided to get healthy -- and he did

  
  Health & Fitness Blog — Authority: 439
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• Dealing with diabetes

  
  Good for You! — Authority: 129
  When I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes almost three years ago I was shocked. I shouldn’t have been – it runs in my family and I wasn’t the poster girl for healthy living. Nonetheless, diagnosis of a chronic and potentially life threatening disease is a blow, and it’s scary.So scary for me, in fact, [...]
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• Lower Your Cholesterol Levels, Naturally

  
  The RVC Blog — Authority: 153
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• Suggested Foods used for Diabetes

  
  Diabetes Advisory — Authority: 129
  Brewer’s Yeast Brewer’s yeast is a wonder food. It is rich in traces of mineral chromium. This mineral helps the pancreas produce more insulin. It is one of the finest supports for usual apply of sugar by the body. According to an article by Dr. Richard J. Doisy and others, which appeared in the Medical [...]
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• Resvinatrol Fights Variety 2 Diabetes

  
  Diabetes Advisory — Authority: 129
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• The Diabetes Diet: must you begin now to prevent type 2 diabetes?

  
  Diabetes Advisory — Authority: 129
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• Some Very Useful Fruits For Diabetes

  
  Diabetes Advisory — Authority: 129
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• New Possible Drug for Type 1 Diabetes

  
  Daily Contributor — Authority: 553
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• Foot Ulcers Can Pose Great Threat To Diabetics

  
  Health News from Medical News Today — Authority: 713
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• Foot ulcers dangerous for diabetics

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 726
  Washington, November 26 (ANI): Foot ulcers can be extremely dangerous for diabetes patients, according to a health expert.Marcus M. Riedhammer, M.D., Certified Wound Specialist, Geisinger Medical Center, insists that diabetics with foot ulcer need to take extra care. Foot ulcers are open sores that usually develop on ...
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• I need to loose weight … so doing it in public

  
  Kiwi travel writer — Authority: 114
  I’ve been diagnosed with diabetes! This means I need to get healthier and loose weight so have decided to blog about it .. ‘they’ tell me I’m as sick as my secrets so will let it all hang out so to speak, and hope that reporting on my successes and failures online will keep me on the straight and narrow. ...
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• Lower Your Cholesterol Naturally…Without Drugs !

  
  The RVC Blog — Authority: 153
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• Rituximab Protects Insulin Producing Cells in Diabetes (CME/CE)

  
  emedist.com — Authority: 164
  Patients with new-onset type 1 diabetes were modestly better able to retain beta cell function after treatment with the B-cell depleting agent rituximab (Rituxan), researchers said.source : www.medpagetoday.com
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• CABG Edges Out PCI in Diabetes (CME/CE)

  
  emedist.com — Authority: 164
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• Type 1 Diabetes May Have a New Foe

  
  EmpowHer.com - Site Activity Feed — Authority: 547
  WEDNESDAY, Nov. 25 (HealthDay News) -- A drug commonly used to treat non-Hodgkins lymphoma and rheumatoid arthritis now also shows some promise in helping patients newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes . read more
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