Tag Archives: Type 2 diabetes

Many people with type 2 diabetes may need to take insulin or other injectable medication when their blood glucose levels remain above target despite taking several oral diabetes medications. The reason for this change is to maintain the blood glucose levels within a healthy range.

While scanning the discussion forum of Diabetes Care Community, I came across a post: “My dad is 74 with type 2. His doctor says he should be exercising. Well probably he should but he’s never really been a sporty or physically active kind of person. How can you make someone change at that age?”

Since type 2 diabetes is thought to involve both the pancreas not making enough insulin and the cells in the body being unable to use insulin effectively, medications are developed to correct various steps involved in both these deficiencies.

Some individuals have lived for a while with known risk factors for type 2 diabetes. In these cases, shock may not be the over-riding emotion at the time of diagnosis.

Did you know that how medication is injected, where medication is injected and what medication is injected with is as important as the medication itself?

"Our bodies have evolved over millions of years to do one thing: move," After all, humans were hunters and gatherers and survival meant constantly being on the move.

Over the past few weeks, you have been able to read about hypertension – high blood pressure. There is no doubt that for everyone, proper control of blood pressure is key to preventing heart attack and stroke.