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It may be tempting to ignore your diabetes, but the consequences can be serious and even life-threatening. The good news is that managing your diabetes just got a little easier. Check out our special diabetes action plan and diabetes diary -- which you can download with a click of your mouse. In addition, check out our stories on everything from diet and exercise to insulin pumps. • Taking Care of Your Feet • Diabetes and Herbs Alert • Preventing Diabetes-Related Nerve Disorders (Neuropathy) • Temporary Diabetes During Pregnancy • When Diabetes Precedes Your Pregnancy • Insulin Pumps: One Diabetic's Story The diagnosis of diabetes can be unexpected and frightening, but the disease itself is manageable. Here's what you need to do to keep your diabetes in check and lead a healthy life. • What You Should Know About Type 1 Diabetes • What You Should Know About Type 2 Diabetes • Pocket Checklist for Doctor Visits • Clinical Guidelines for Your Diabetes Care (Summary) Diabetes doesn't need to hold back your child -- as long as you're working with your physician and diabetes educator to manage the disease. Here's key information on blood sugar monitoring, working with schools, and more. • Type 1 Diabetes and Your Child • Type 2 Diabetes: Growing Epidemic Among Teens • Diabetes in the Classroom: Your Child's Legal Rights • A Diabetes-Friendly Classroom

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•	Video: Using a Blood Glucose Meter
•	Fitness Diary
•	Weight Loss Plan
•	Daily Food Diary
•	Nutrition Toolbox
•	Diabetes Weekly Diary
•	Quiz: Do You Know How to Lose Weight?
•	Quiz: Do You Know How to Handle Stress?
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•	Body Mass Index Calculator
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• Ask the Expert: Blood Sugar Levels • Ask the Expert: Diabetes and Blood Pressure • Ask the Expert: Drugs and Side Effects • Ask the Expert: Hypoglycemia Symptoms • Ask the Expert: Insulin • Ask the Expert: Numbness in Fingers • Ask the Expert: Pancreas Transplants • Ask the Expert: Preventing Type 2 Diabetes • Ask the Expert: Soda and Type 2 Diabetes • Audio Report: Kids and the Diabetes Epidemic • Audio: Kids and the Type 2 Diabetes Epidemic • Book Review: Diabetes Friendly Recipes • Book Review: Uncomplicated Guide to Diabetes Complications • Caregiving: How to Give Insulin Shots • Caring for Diabetes-Related Nerve Disorders (Neuropathy) • Checking Your Blood Sugar • Checklist: Diabetes • Clinical Guidelines for Your Diabetes Care (Summary) • Cookbooks for People with Diabetes • Coping With Diabetes • Counting Carbs • Depression and Diabetes • Diabetes Action Plan • Diabetes Medications • Diabetes Resolutions for the New Year • Diabetes Weekly Diary • Diabetes and Alcohol • Diabetes and Dental Care • Diabetes and Fiber • Diabetes and Herbs Alert • Diabetes foot care • Diabetes, Men, and Sex • Diabetes: Asking for Help • Diabetes: Bad Day or Depression? • Diabetes: Safety Alerts and Emergencies • Diabetes: Sources of Support • Diabetes: Asking for Help • Diabetes: What to Eat When You're Sick • Diabetic ketoacidosis • Diabetic nephropathy • Diabetics in Denial • Diet and Diabetes • Exercise and Diabetes • First Person: Farewell to the Sugar Shack • HbA1c • Insulin Pumps: One Diabetic's Story • Interactive Games for Kids With Diabetes • Interview: Olympian Gary Hall and Diabetes • Lifescan Meter Recall • Meet Your Diabetes Team • Pocket Checklist for Doctor Visits • Preventing Diabetes Through Diet and Exercise • Q&A: Diabetes and Bed-wetting • Q&A: Diabetes and Decongestants • Q&A: Diabetic Denial • Q&A: Herbs and Diabetes • Q&A: Holiday Sweets and Diabetes • Q&A: Statins and Blood Sugar • Q&A: Traveling and Diabetes • Retinopathies: Am I At Risk? • Special Report: Diabetes in the Classroom • Special Report: Diabetes-Friendly Classrooms • Special Report: How I Survived Type 1 Diabetes • Special Report: Pre-Diabetes • Special Report: Traveling With Diabetes • Taking Care of Your Feet • Temporary Diabetes During Pregnancy • Type 1 Diabetes • Type 1 Diabetes and Your Child • Type 2 Diabetes • Type 2 Diabetes: Growing Epidemic Among Teens • Video: Using a Blood Glucose Meter • When Diabetes Precedes Your Pregnancy

Useful Sites • Joslin Diabetes Center • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Diabetes • National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases • American Diabetes Association • Children with DIABETES

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