Tag Archives: Type 2 diabetes

As with my previous blog on landmark type 1 diabetes studies, recommendations for the management of type 2 diabetes are also based on evidence from large randomized clinical trials.

For people with diabetes, navigating the grocery store for snacks is probably the most challenging section of the store. The challenge is in what to focus on when looking at the food labels.

Metformin, which is used to treat type 2 diabetes, is a medicine in a class called “biguanides.” It lowers blood sugar levels by decreasing the amount of glucose that your liver releases into the bloodstream.

Losing weight and making nutritional fixes to your diet will not only help in preventing you from getting certain types of diabetes, these changes can significantly improve your condition if you already have the disease.

The healthcare system in Canada for managing diabetes has a number of features that are addressed in this article, including the coverage for medications and supplies, as well as benefits, gaps and limitations.

Oral diabetes medications work in different ways and can have slightly different effects on different individuals. There is no ‘one-size-fits-all’ solution.

Every week I diagnose people with diabetes who have likely had it for 5 years or more and yet had no idea what was happening to them!