November marks Diabetes Awareness Month, and Dr. Elizabeth Gersh is shedding light on the crucial differences between type 1 and type 2 diabetes. "Type one diabetes, usually you get it when you're ...

The word “diabetes” serves as an umbrella term covering conditions that share a common symptom—elevated blood sugar—but diverge significantly in their underlying mechanisms, progression patterns, and ...

When I receive questions about pre-diabetes and Type 2 diabetes, it’s clear there is considerable confusion surrounding the underlying cause, which is insulin resistance, so let's start with some ...

Diabetes is a growing serious health problem globally, the risk of which is being seen in people of all ages. Our changing lifestyle, irregular eating habits, and stress have made this disease common.

When Phyllisa Deroze was told she had diabetes in a Fayetteville, North Carolina, emergency department years ago, she was handed pamphlets with information on two types of the disease. One had ...

Living with diabetes requires vigilance, education, and precise management techniques—but those needs differ dramatically depending on which form of the condition you have. Recent medical consensus ...

There are over 34 million people currently living with diabetes in the United States. The disease is the seventh leading cause of death in this country and can cause nerve damage, kidney failure, ...

Type 2 diabetes, linked to insulin resistance, affects a significant portion of the American population, many undiagnosed. Pre-diabetes, also caused by insulin resistance, often progresses to Type 2 ...