How Could You Live Better With Type 2 Diabetes?

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Joslin Diabetes Center: "The Truth About the So-Called 'Diabetes Diet'," "5 Common Food Myths for People with Diabetes Debunked," "Diabetes and Alcohol," "Growing Older and Staying Active with Diabetes," "Goals for Blood Glucose Control," "Managing Diabetes During Pregnancy," "Getting Over the Shock of Diabetes Diagnosis."

EndocrineWeb: "Type 2 Diabetes Complications."

Mayo Clinic: "Diabetes: Complications."

Tulane University School of Medicine PharmWiki: "Insulin Secretagogues."

American Diabetes Association: "American Diabetes Association Releases New Nutritional Guidelines," Oct. 9, 2013.

NHS Choices: "Milk and dairy in your diet."

British Journal of Sports Medicine via Medscape: "Evidence That Supports the Prescription of Low-Carbohydrate High-Fat Diets."

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health: "Simple Steps to Preventing Diabetes."

University of California, San Francisco: Diabetes Education Online: "Metformin," "Type 2 Insulin Rx."

Diabetes.co.uk: "Diabetes and Breastfeeding."

Diabetes Forecast: "New Weight-Loss Drugs," "A Guide to Pregnancy With Diabetes," "Worried? You May Have Diabetes Distress," "Hearing Loss and Diabetes."

American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery: "Surgery for Diabetes."

Barham Abu Dayyeh, MD, endoscopic bariatric surgery and weight management specialist, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.

Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases: "Long-term outcomes after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass: 10- to 13-year data."

Cleveland Clinic: "Bariatric Surgery May Cure Type 2 Diabetes in Some Patients."

Medscape: "Infant of Diabetic Mother."

The Dana Foundation: "Mom's Diabetes May Affect Child's Brain: Blood sugar may influence a critical period in the development of the hippocampus."

Diabetes Care: "The Predisposition to Obesity and Diabetes in Offspring of Diabetic Mothers," "Insulin Resistance, Brain Atrophy, and Cognitive Performance in Late Middle-Aged Adults."

Diabetes Self-Management: "Diabetes Distress."

American Diabetes Association: "Diabetes Distress v. Depression: Are People with Type 2 Being Misdiagnosed?" June 16, 2014.

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission: "Questions & Answers about Diabetes in the Workplace and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)."

Harvard Health Publications: "Aspirin: Quitting cold turkey could be dangerous."

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases: "Nerve Damage (Diabetic Neuropathies)."

CDC: "Smoking and Diabetes," "Testing Recommendations for Hepatitis C Virus Infection."

University of Colorado OB/GYN & Family Planning: "Diabetes & Birth Control."

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