Proper foot care is crucial for managing type 2 diabetes, helping to prevent serious complications like infections or ulcers.

Diabetes is very common in people living in post-acute and long-term environments, affecting 25% to 34% of these individuals.

Here's how diabetic foot diseases and foot ulcers are caused, who is at risk, signs to watch and expert tips to prevent or ...

World Diabetes Day, observed on Nov 14 each year, seeks to raise global awareness and improve outcomes for the 537 million ...

Diabetes silently affects millions globally, often progressing without obvious symptoms until it creates life-altering complications. Among the most s ...

The resolution also encouraged Member States to develop national policies for the prevention, treatment and care of diabetes in line with the sustainable development of their health-care systems.

People suffering from these conditions are at a higher risk of developing serious eye complications such as diabetic retinopathy, cataracts, and glaucoma. Proper eye care and regular monitoring ...

Getting to know what’s going on in your body can help you manage type 2 diabetes well. It’s a chronic condition in which your body doesn’t use insulin properly. This causes sugar to build up ...

For some people living with diabetes, blood sugar can drop or rise overnight, interrupting sleep. Difficulty sleeping can also affect your insulin. But there are things you can do to manage blood ...

In an effort to combat the rising number of amputations in Guyana, with the most recent figures showing 108 amputations recorded in 2023, the Ministry of Health has initiated a diabetic foot care ...

Between 2021 and 2023, Dr. Kopriva and other surgeons across Canada amputated about 7,720 lower limbs annually associated with diabetes ... to the foot and we give them good wound care, we ...

Join Knox Community Hospital for a free Doc Talk on Thursday, Dec. 5, from 5 to 6 p.m. Dr. Michael Casteel will discuss all ...