Living with diabetes requires vigilance, education, and precise management techniques—but those needs differ dramatically depending on which form of the condition you have. Recent medical consensus ...

The difference between type 1 and type 2 diabetes is that people with type 2 have a wider variety of treatment options.

The word “diabetes” serves as an umbrella term covering conditions that share a common symptom—elevated blood sugar—but diverge significantly in their underlying mechanisms, progression patterns, and ...

Diabetes is one of the leading causes of death and disability in the U.S., states the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Around 37.3 million Americans have diabetes, according to the American ...

Test your knowledge and see how well you can distinguish type 1 from type 2 diabetes. It’s estimated that about 1 in 9 people of all ages in the United States had diabetes in 2021. But only about 1 in ...

When I receive questions about pre-diabetes and Type 2 diabetes, it’s clear there is considerable confusion surrounding the underlying cause, which is insulin resistance, so let's start with some ...

Type 2 diabetes, linked to insulin resistance, affects a significant portion of the American population, many undiagnosed. Pre-diabetes, also caused by insulin resistance, often progresses to Type 2 ...

We hear about diabetes all the time, so it’s easy to forget that there are different types of the condition. The two most common forms are type 1 and type 2. Both involve problems with insulin, but ...