Dr Oz

What’s something from the patient’s history and/or investigations one can perform to accurately distinguish between type 1 and 2 diabetes?
Thanks jojo. These are all supportive information which increase the likelihood of diagnosing type 1 as oppose to type 2. What would be a feature in history and/or investigation that could tell them apart clearly and […]

My mother has just told me she found out she has diabetes and must prick her fingers every morning…I don’t even know what’s the difference between type 1 and type 2…She has been thin and active all her life, non-smoker, eats well and cares for herself. …She is 55 and has gained wait the last […]

62 year old needs health insurance in California. She has type 2 diabetes which has been under control for several years. However, she is ready to retire because no company will hire her.
How can she find health insurance?

My mom has Type II diabetes and is suffering from neuropathy in her feet. I have read on websites that there is treatment but was curious if any of you out there who have this have any remedies for relief…like home remedies or know of any kind of over the counter cream that helps? She […]

My daddy is a borderline diabetic, which means he doesn’t exactly quite have diabetes but is in the risk of getting it. We’ve already tried to make him eat less sugar to keep from getting it, but he always wants what he can’t have. Is it okay if he eats natural sugar in fruits?

For Health class I need to put together a project on diabetes, and I need some ideas of what I can do for it.

Will I have to go to the hospital if I am diagnosed with type 1 diabetes? If so, what will i do there? Will they just teach me how to control my diabetes? Will they just monitor me? Will they do anything that hurts to me besides insulin injections, and checking my blood sugar?

I am going to start seeing the perinatologist for uncontrolled gestational diabetes. Will I still see the OB on a regular basis and only go to the perinatologist for the diabetes also? Will my regular OB still do the delivery or will the perinatologist do it? What can I expect out of my visits with […]

I’m doing a research project on the food that people with diabetes can eat. The project is a grant proposal, and I need to find out what the consequences are for people with diabetes who make poor food choices are. Do they get sick, can they die, does their blood sugar spike up? […]

A young mother of 24 yrs is having diabetes and she has to take insulin daily. What is the best ayurvedic, dietary or natural remedy for her? As she has to care for her baby all through the day, she is unable to do any exercise.