Diabetic Tests
Hypoglycemia and Diabetes: Testing the Limits
Questions, problems, and issues that confront my patients on a daily basis often inspire my blogs. Hypoglycemia is on everyone's list of concerns during a visit. Unfortunately, unintended low blood sugars are here to stay until a true artificial pancreas is developed in which a glucose sensor is "married" to an insulin pump. In this scenario, the sensor will provide information to the pump continuously and insulin will be given (or not) appropriately. We are not there yet; so we need to make do ...
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Expert & Community Posts
DIABETES & COLLEGE Part II - Informing Your Professors
By Ginger Vieira , Health Expert...more time to take tests, etc.). As a person with diabetes, it's important that you meet with a... Read more »
Diabetes Web Search
By David Mendosa , Health ExpertWe can’t control our diabetes without knowing what to do. That means searching out information... Read more »
Type one-and-a-half diabetes
By Dr. Bill Quick , Health ExpertFor years, we have had terminology dividing diabetes into subgroups: there's "type 1" and "type 2"... Read more »
"The Dumbest Idea Ever"
By Amy Tenderich , Health Expert... Reprinted with permission of Amy Tenderich of diabetesmine.com. Remember that little... Read more »
Getting To Know You
By Dr. Khavarian , Health Expert...Bahareh Khavarian and I am excited to be part of the My Diabetes Central Site. I look forward... 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 »Pre-Diabetes Risks, Symptoms & Prevention
Pre-diabetes is a health condition that carries no symptoms. Commonly referred to as "impaired glucose tolerance," approximately 54 million people in the United States twenty years and... Read more »What do I need to know about diabetes?"
Diabetes is called a disorder of metabolism. More simply put, diabetes keeps your body from properly utilizing the sugar obtained from food. Your body changes most of the food you eat into a form of... Read more »Type 2 Diabetes: Screening Tests - Fasting Plasma Glucose
Screening TestsThere are no clear-cut guidelines for when to screen for diabetes. Some experts recommend that everyone over age 45 be tested regularly for diabetes, although others do not feel this... Read more »Type 1 Diabetes: Diagnosis - Oral Glucose Tolerance Test
...AbnormalitiesFasting Plasma Glucose. The fasting plasma glucose (FPG) test is the standard test for diagnosing diabetes. It is a simple blood test taken after 8 hours of fasting. In general,... Read more »Images
Medications
...is identical to human insulin. It is used to treat diabetes mellitus. Like other insulin... Read more »
...control high blood sugar in patients with type 2 diabetes (non-insulin-dependent diabetes). It... Read more »
...high blood sugar. It is used in patients with type 2 diabetes (non-insulin-dependent diabetes).... Read more »
...control high blood sugar in patients with type 2 diabetes (non-insulin-dependent diabetes).... Read more »
...to control high blood sugar in people with type 2 diabetes (non-insulin-dependent diabetes).... Read more »
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