Blood Sugar Testing Blood Sugar Testing Monitoring your blood sugar level can help you control your diabetes and your risk for developing complications such as eye or kidney disease. View this video and learn how and wh...
Pre-Diabetes Pre-Diabetes Pre-diabetes means your blood sugar level is above normal but not high enough for a diagnosis of diabetes. Pre-diabetes increases the risk for developing diabetes, heart disease, and str...
Kidney Care for People with Diabetes Kidney Care for People with Diabetes The delicate filtering network in your kidneys can be damaged over time by uncontrolled blood sugar, making it more difficult for your body to remove waste materi...
Foot Care for People with Diabetes Foot Care for People with Diabetes Maintaining normal blood sugar levels helps to prevent diabetic foot problems: nerve damage, poor circulation, and infection. This video demonstrates how to do dail...
Obesity Obesity People can become obese by taking in more calories than they burn. Obesity also appears to be influenced by genetics. This video discusses the health risks associated with obesity and what tr...
Diabetes, Type 2 Diabetes, Type 2 Diabetes is a chronic disease that keeps the body from turning food into energy. Early in type 2 diabetes, cells in the body do not respond well to insulin. This is known as insulin ...
Diabetes, Type 1 Diabetes, Type 1 Type 1 diabetes is a disease of the insulin-producing cells of the pancreas that results in the inability of the body to metabolize nutrients normally. Type 1 diabetes is caused by a...