Keeping Your Heart and Blood Vessels Healthy Learn about what you can do each day and during the year to stay healthy and prevent heart and blood vessel problems caused by diabetes.

Keeping Your Eyes Healthy Learn about the things you can do each day and during each year to stay healthy and prevent eye problems caused by diabetes.

Weight Goals: Not All Or Nothing Some dieters may be working against themselves by setting unrealistic weight loss goals. Many give up in frustration and return to old habits - and their former weight.

Secrets of Success for Reaching Goals Year after year, do you make the same New Year's resolutions to eat better or exercise more - yet don't? If you think it's all about self-discipline, that pattern will continue.

Four Steps that Pay High Dividends If good health seems to demand too many healthy habits, you'll be cheered to know new studies show that just four can play a major role in preventing the top causes of adult death and illness in our country.

Insulin Resistance Poses Many Health Risks High body levels of the hormone insulin, seen in what is called metabolic syndrome, or syndrome X, have gone from being an incidental finding among some overweight and inactive people to a major health concern that could mean a higher risk of diabetes, colon cancer, heart disease and stroke.

Diabetes, What to Know Head to Toe Diabetes 101: Tips to help you stay healthy while living with diabetes - including your eyes, heart, and your feet.

Managing America's Epidemic According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Diabetes is the new epidemic of our time.

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.

How to Talk to Your Doctor About Diabetes We can all walk into the doctor's office prepared with questions and ideas about our own health issues, including diabetes.

Questions To Ask About Your Diabetes Medicines Ask these questions when your doctor prescribes a medicine. Write the answers in pencil so that you can make changes if your doctor changes your medicines.

Diabetes and Periodontal Disease If you have diabetes, you know the disease can harm your eyes, nerves, kidneys, heart and other important systems in the body. Did you know it can also cause problems in your mouth? People with diabetes have a higher than normal risk of periodontal diseases.

Diabetes and Psychosocial Problems Like other chronic illnesses, diabetes mellitus poses a wide range of problems for patients and their family members. These problems include pain, hospitalization, changes in lifestyle and vocation, physical disabilities, and threatened survival. Direct psychological consequences can arise from any one of these factors, making it harder for patients to treat their diabetes and live productive, enjoyable lives.

Your Teeth and Diabetes Tell your dentist you have diabetes and ask him or her to show you how to keep your teeth and gums healthy.