What Is Diabetes?
What Is Diabetes?
When you or someone you love has diabetes, you discover that you must think about a part of…
Type 1 or Type 2?
If tests reveal that you have diabetes (and you’re not pregnant), the next question is whether you have…
Tests for Diabetes
Although your health care provider may suspect that you have diabetes because of your symptoms, the only sure…
Who Gets Diabetes?
The risk factors associated with type 1 or type 2 diabetes are different. For both type 1 and…
Causes of Type 1 Diabetes
Insulin is produced by the beta cells in the pancreas. In people with type 1 diabetes, the immune…
Causes of Type 2 Diabetes
The reasons that type 2 diabetes occurs are different from those that trigger type 1 diabetes. Unlike people…
Causes of Gestational Diabetes
Like the other types of diabetes, the exact cause of gestational diabetes is unknown. However, experts do have…



