Diabetes Canada recommends that people with diabetes have their feet checked by a specialized healthcare professional at least once a year.
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Chris: Watch your weight
People with type 2 diabetes write back to their younger selves, to share personal insights and reflect on their experience of living with diabetes and starting on insulin therapy. In this post, Chris reflects on living with diabetes. At 31, Chris wasn’t the sort of person who was eager to curtail his social life. Convivial […]
Weather and diabetes
Extreme weather conditions – both hot and cold – can affect people with diabetes in a number of ways.
Charles: Acknowledge the changes
People with type 2 diabetes write back to their younger selves, to share personal insights and reflect on their experience of living with diabetes and starting on insulin therapy. In this post, Charles reflects on living with diabetes.
Alcohol consumption and the risk of heart disease in diabetes: everything in moderation
The link between heavy alcohol consumption and cardiovascular disease is quite clear.
Blood glucose monitoring: to check and when to check? That is the question!
Self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) has been around for 40 years.