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Eye health awarness and annual eye exams are important to detect eye disease from diabetes.... Details >

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Diabetes was the sixth leading cause of death in the year 2000. More than 17 million Americans have diabetes, and over 200,000 people die each year of related complications.... Details >

Office of Minority Health (CDC)

This pamphlet has been written to help people with diabetic retinopathy and their relations better understand the disease. It describes the cause, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of diabetic retino... Details >

National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health

Provides answers to frequently asked questions about diabetes and American Indian/Alaska Native women. Covers susceptibility, gestational diabetes, complications of diabetes, disease management, and ... Details >

National Women's Health Information Center, Office on Women's Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Type 2 diabetes is the most common type in American Indians. Although people with diabetes can prevent or delay complications by keeping blood glucose (also called blood sugar) levels close to normal,... Details >

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health

The Indian Health Service (IHS) National Diabetes Program mission is to develop, document, and sustain a public health effort to prevent and control diabetes in American Indian and Alaska Native commu... Details >

Division of Diabetes Treatment and Prevention

This consumer fact sheet discusses diabetes and end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and the treatments and therapies involved.... Details >

National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

The goal of this project is to encourage Native Americans towards healthy behaviors through partnerships with Native America communities. Ideas from the communities are used to make a program that is ... Details >

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Insulin is a hormone that helps the body use glucose for energy. If your beta cells do not produce enough insulin, diabetes will develop.... Details >

National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

Describes the damage that diabetes can do to kidneys and outlines steps that people with diabetes can take to prevent or lessen the complications.... Details >

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health