November marks Diabetes Awareness Month, and Dr. Elizabeth Gersh is shedding light on the crucial differences between type 1 ...

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 ...

Type 2 diabetes is the most common kind of diabetes. Lifestyle factors such as diet and exercise, genetics, and some medications can cause you to develop the condition. It’s sometimes called ...

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, ...