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How Searching for Diabetes Information can Help Find a Cure

By Manny Hernandez Health Expert

Finding information about diabetes online can be easy and tasking at the same time. It is easy because Google brings the entire web to you allowing you to obtain millions of results when you enter a search as straightforward as "diabetes." The tasking part results from the quantity of the results that you get and the quality: how can you tell trustworthy sources from bogus web sites?


Enter diabetes blogger Bernard Farrell. A diabetic himself for more than 35 years, in 2007 Bernard created a sear...

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Expert & Community Posts

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NIH finds increases in type 2 diabetes in youth
By Dr. Frank Varon , Health Expert

...Institutes (NIH) of Health and National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Disorders... Read more »

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World Diabetes Day is tomorrow
By Dr. Frank Varon , Health Expert

Tomorrow, Nov. 14, is World Diabetes Day. In December 2006, the United Nations passed a... Read more »

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Not Your Grandma's Diabetes
By Svati , Health Expert

...response I have ever heard after telling someone I have diabetes is: "Oh, my grandmother has... Read more »

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Two Types
By Gretchen Becker , Health Expert

One sad aspect of the diabetes world is the way people with the two major types of diabetes -- ... Read more »

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The Diversity of Diabetes
By Dr. Fran Cogen , Health Expert

Diabetes is not one disease and different types of diabetes have been identified in the scientific... Read more »

Health Guide

Gestational Diabetes Mellitus
What is gestational diabetes mellitus?Pregnancy has typically been viewed as a statement of health, as it should be. In the midst of morning sickness, heartburn, exhaustion, and the excitement of... Read more »
Support Groups
...adults and families living with Type 1 diabetes with a list of support groups by state. Ashley's Diabetes Information Center A personal site maintained by a parent with a diabetic daughter... Read more »
Type 2 Diabetes Resources: Diabetes Information
www.diabetes.org -- American Diabetes Associationwww.niddk.nih.gov -- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseaseswww.americanheart.org -- American Heart... Read more »
Where can patients get additional information about diabetes and living with diabetes? "
......www.jdrf.org National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse 1 Information Way Bethesda, MD 20892-3560 (301)... Read more »
Gestational Diabetes
...during pregnancy. Diabetes is when your blood glucose level is too high. According to the National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse, between three and eight percent of pregnant women will... Read more »

Medications

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...high blood sugar. It is used in patients with type 2 diabetes (non-insulin-dependent diabetes).... Read more »

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...(ex-EN-a-tide) Uses Exenatide is used along with other oral diabetes medications (e.g.,... Read more »

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...to control high blood sugar in people with type 2 diabetes (non-insulin-dependent diabetes).... Read more »

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...control high blood sugar in patients with type 2 diabetes (non-insulin-dependent diabetes). It... Read more »

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...control high blood sugar in patients with type 2 diabetes (non-insulin-dependent diabetes).... Read more »

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Gestational Diabetes Warrants Post Pregnancy Care
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