Diabetes Care Community spoke with Dr. Vincent Woo, an endocrinologist based in Winnipeg, and Dr. Nicholas Giacomantonio, a cardiologist based in Halifax. They talked about the important link between type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease, and how new therapies can help people at high risk prevent heart attack and stroke.
Managing complications
How old are your arteries?
You may have heard about heart age calculators or risk assessment tools that healthcare professionals use to help guide management. This blog will help explain the pros and cons of their use.
Don’t let fear of hypoglycemia restrict your diabetes management
Fear of hypoglycemia is common in people with diabetes, but there are steps you can take to manage it.
Discussing hypoglycemia with your diabetes healthcare team
In order to fully understand what hypoglycemia is, and how it can be prevented and treated, think about the following questions and answers when you’re discussing hypoglycemia with your diabetes healthcare team.
Diabetes and kidney complications
Diabetes is the leading cause of kidney disease, known as nephropathy. Find tips to prevent or delay kidney complications.
Stem cell treatment for diabetic kidney disease: the future is now
The kidney plays a vital role in removing toxins from the body, while ensuring that the needed elements are retained. For reasons that are not certain, high blood glucose levels cause a build-up of scar tissue in the kidney that prevents it from being able to filter blood in the way that it normally does.
