Refusing to Face the Facts: Denial and Health Denial is a common response to a stressful situation. It can be an important coping and defense mechanism. But it also can delay the appropriate response to circumstances that require action and change.

How Much Influence Do Medical Publications Have On Your Doctor? How much impact do articles in prominent medical journals really have on how doctors treat patients, and how fast does that impact affect clinical practice?

Taking Care of Diabetes During a Sickness Here are some tips to help you take care of your diabetes when you have a cold, the flu, an infection, or other illnesses.

Changing Beverages at School: What Will It Mean? When students get back to school this year, some may be surprised by the changes in beverage choices, with fewer carbonated soft drinks and more juice, sports drinks and water options. However, any parents assuming that their children's beverage choices have become more healthful should check their school's plans.

Patients Who Trust Their Doctors More Have Better Outcomes Patients with higher levels of trust in their regular physicians are more likely than patients with less trust to have better care, according to a study.

Financial Help for Diabetes Care Diabetes treatment is expensive. According to the American Diabetes Association, diabetics spend an average of $13,243 a year on health care expenses. Many people who have diabetes need help paying some of the bills. This article details where you can go for help.

Child Care May Be Hazardous To Grandma’s Health About one in seven American women have raised a grandchild for six months or more, but grandmothers who provide care for even a few hours a day may be at increased risk for heart attacks.

On the Horizon of Glucose Monitoring: A Review Doctors recommend that diabetics who take insulin check their blood glucose levels four times a day. But piercing a nerve-rich fingertip and squeezing out a drop of blood onto a test strip is painful, and often deters people from checking any more than just once.

Patients Consider Dropping Doctors Who Are Poor Communicators Good communication is the most important consideration for building patients' trust in their physician. Overall, 12 percent of patients said they had considered changing doctors because of poor communication.

Obesity, Lifestyle and Your Patients With Diabetes New information supports the significant benefits of incorporating physical activity, behavior and use of medication into the treatment of obesity.

Guiding Principles for Diabetes Care: For People with Diabetes The Guiding Principles for Diabetes Care are written for people with diabetes, their families, health care providers, and those who pay for health care.

Where Diabetic Patients With Chest Pains Should Be Treated Diabetic patients with chest pain who have more than one other common risk factor for heart attack should be considered for direct admission for a complete cardiac work-up, bypassing a period of Chest Pain Unit (CPU) observation, according to a new analysis by Duke University Medical Center researchers.

A Call for Increased Detection: Undiagnosed Diabetes and Related Eye Disease in Mexican-Americans A research study of the Mexican-American population over age 40 found that the rate of diabetes in this group is 20 percent - almost twice that of non-Hispanic Whites - and that 15 percent of those with diabetes did not know that they had the disease before their participation in the study.

Kids In Your Care With Diabetes Information for people who care for kids with diabetes, such as teachers, childcare workers, coaches etc..