This Diabetes Awareness Week, learn how this disease can impact your eye health and the importance of regular eye exams.
Health Answers: How does diabetes affect the nerves?Humphries, Courtney
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We know diabetes affects your blood sugar, kidneys, other organs, and overall health, but how does it affect your mouth? If your blood sugar is uncontrolled, oral health problems become more likely. Uncontrolled blood sugar impairs your white blood cells, which are the body's main defense aga...
After a heart attack, the heart muscle does not heal as well as in people who do not have diabetes. Also, the risk of complications, such as developing heart failure, is significantly higher. Due to nerve damage caused by diabetes, patients may not feel thechest painor other types of che...
How does my diet affect my diabetes? C. Ronald Kahn, M.D. President and Director, Joslin Diabetes Center Diet is a very important thing but I think people are focused sometimes about the wrong things in diet. The emphasis isn't simply on sugar and it isn't simply on carbohydrates. For...
On the other end of the age spectrum, older dogs may need routine blood work to uncover health problems that develop with age, such as diabetes, cancer and heart disease. Keep in mind that a geriatric screening may cost more than a normal exam. Breed: Some breeds are at higher risk of...
1“ADA 2018 Standards Address Diabetes Drugs with CV Benefit,” Miriam E. Tucker, Medscape, December 8, 2017.LINK Note: The information provided here is for reference use only and does not constitute the rendering of legal or other professional advice by McKesson. Readers should consult appropr...
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This probably isn’t news to you, but the more sugar you eat, the more you’ll weigh. Research shows that people who drink sugar-sweetened beverages tend to weigh more -- and be at higher risk for type 2 diabetes -- than those who don’t. One study even found that people who added...