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.

Inflammation: A New Link to Disease One of the current "hot topics" in health research is how a certain kind of inflammation might affect our risk of heart disease, stroke, diabetes and even cancer.

Weight and Type 2 Diabetes Carrying extra body weight and body fat go hand and hand with the development of type 2 diabetes. Managing your weight is the best thing you can do to prevent the development of diabetes.

Lifestyle Choices, Diabetes and Your Heart Lifestyle choices, including eating a healthy diet and regular physical activity, are important for maintaining a healthy heart. For people with diabetes, these lifestyle choices are even more important.

Diabetes and African American Women Among African American women, Type 2 diabetes has reached epidemic proportions; age 20 years or older, the rate is 11.8 percent. About 1 in 4 black women over the age of 55 years of age has diabetes, nearly twice the rate of white women.

Tips to Control and Maintain Blood Sugar for Life Taking control of diabetes has many benefits. Keeping your blood sugar (also called blood glucose) levels in the normal range can make a big difference now and in the future.

Factors That Affect Glucose Meter Performance And Making Sure Your Meter Works Properly The accuracy of your test results depends partly on the quality of your meter and test strips and your training. Other factors can also make a difference in the accuracy of your results.

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.

Diabetes in Hispanic Americans Diabetes in Hispanic Americans is a serious health challenge because of the increased prevalence of diabetes in this population, the greater number of risk factors for diabetes in Hispanics, the greater incidence of several diabetes complications, and the growing number of people of Hispanic ethnicity in the United States.

Diabetes and Hispanic American Women Type 2 diabetes is a serious health concern for Hispanic American women. 25 percent of Hispanic American women have been diagnosed with diabetes.

Diabetes in American Indians and Alaska Natives Diabetes mellitus is one of the most serious health challenges facing American Indians and Alaska Natives in the United States today. The disease is very common in many tribes, and morbidity and mortality from diabetes can be severe.

Asian and Pacific Islander Americans and Diabetes Diabetes mellitus poses a rapidly growing health challenge to Asian and Pacific Islander Americans in the United States.

Hyperglycemia: When Your Blood Sugar is Too High Sometimes, no matter how hard you try to keep your blood sugar in the range your doctor has advised, it can be too high. Blood sugar that is too high can make you very sick. Here's how to handle when your blood sugar is too high.

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.