Newsletter
Take control of your health.
Subscribe to the myTELUS health monthly for FREE!
Diabetes
Heart Attack Prevention: Options for Women
Women are more likely than men to die after their first heart attack. To help reduce your risk of a heart attack, it's important to understand how men and women differ when it comes to heart attacks.
Diabetes menu
Diabetes: The basics
- What is diabetes?
- Who is at risk for diabetes?
- Causes and symptoms of diabetes
- Can diabetes be prevented?
- Planning pregnancy with diabetes
Living with diabetes
- Blood sugar basics
- Choosing and using a glucose meter
- Managing low blood sugar
- Managing high blood sugar
- 8 stumbling blocks to steady blood glucose control
Nutrition and diabetes
- Planning healthy meals
- All about carbs
- The glycemic index and carb confusion
- Protein and fat
- Why fibre is a friend to people with diabetes
Research news
- Study: Blood sugar control reduces heart risk for type 1 diabetes
- Study: Caffeine may reduce risk of hypoglycemia
- Study: Cholesterol reduction equals lower heart risk for diabetes patients
- Study: Colorectal cancer more prevalent in diabetic men
- Study: Diabetes, depression together increases death risk
Health features
- Diabetes: Managing Your Condition
- Childhood Obesity
- Eye Health
- Eyesight Problems and Solutions
- Food and You
Health tools
- Body mass index calculator
- Diabetes complication tool
- Ideal weight range calculator
- Heart disease risk calculator
- Target cholesterol levels and heart disease risk calculator
Support groups
... MoreRelated conditions
- Andropause (Low Testosterone · Male Menopause · Manopause · Testosterone Deficiency)
- Anemia (Iron Deficiency · Low Hemoglobin)
- Bedsores (Bed Ulcers · Decubitus Ulcers)
- Cellulitis (Skin Infections · Erysipelas · Necrotizing Fasciitis)
- Chronic Renal Failure (Kidney Failure)
RELATED HEALTH HEADLINES
- Overweight students at university in US told to take fitness class or risk diplomas
- University of Nebraska regents vote not to further restrict embryonic stem-cell research rules
- N.S. paramedics gain access to MedicAlert information from ambulances
- Vigorous exercise makes big difference in heart health of seniors: study
- International Diabetes Foundation releases guidelines for health providers ... more related headlines
About this channel
Diabetes is a chronic condition, but the right approach can go a long way toward preventing and treating long-term complications. Get the facts on diabetes and diabetes complications. For additional resources, check out the interactive health tools.