Diabetic Seniors

In America today, 23.6 million people — 7.8 percent of the population — have diabetes, and 24 percent of them don’t even know they have the disease. Approximately 90 percent of those 23.6 million diabetics have type 2 diabetes. In addition, another 57 million have prediabetes, a condition that, if it goes untreated, can develop [...]

Many treatments exist for diabetes (which also is known as diabetes mellitus). Some treatments, though, are more popular than others. Which of those treatments for diabetes you use depends on whether you have diabetes type 1 or diabetes type 2.
Type 1 Diabetes
Insulin is the diabetes mellitus treatment of choice for people with type 1 diabetes. [...]

Knowing type 1 diabetes statistics can help you become more aware of the disease and how it affects those who have it.
Prevalence of Type 1 Diabetes
In the United States, 8 percent of the population — 23.6 million people — has diabetes. According to type 1 diabetes statistics, around 90 percent of those people have type [...]

If you’ve been newly diagnosed (or have a loved one who has), you probably have questions about diabetes and insulin.
People with diabetes have a disease in which the body does not produce or properly use insulin, the hormone used to convert sugar, starches and other food into energy.
People with diabetes do not naturally produce enough [...]

Type 1 Diabetes, often referred to as juvenile onset diabetes or childhood diabetes, accounts for roughly 5% to 10% of all diagnosed cases of diabetes. Type 1 Diabetes is characterized as the inability for hormone producing pancreatic cells to produce any insulin. The hormone insulin is used to regulate levels of glucose in the blood [...]

Insulin dependent diabetes, also known as Type 1 diabetes, is the type of diabetes that results when the body’s immune system attacks the beta cells of the pancreas. Consequently, the pancreas is no longer able to produce insulin. People usually find out that they have insulin dependent diabetes mellitus before reaching the age of 30, [...]

The incidence of diabetes is increasing in the United States. The most recent diabetes statistics show that 23.6 million adults and children — 7.8 percent of the population — have the disease. What’s more, 24 percent of those 23.6 million people don’t even know they have it! Another 57 million people have pre-diabetes, which can [...]

As a diabetic, blood glucose monitoring is the most important way you can prevent your disease from getting worse. If you have type 1 or type 2 diabetes and you’re taking insulin, you might have to monitor your blood glucose three or more times a day. If you’re prediabetic or a type 2 diabetic who [...]