OPTIMAL DIABETES CARE

CDM will work with your physician to handle your diabetes care. Your doctor may recommend CDM for a wide range of specialty medical services.

How to test your blood sugar...

The more often you test your blood sugar, the more you will know about how well your treatment is keeping your blood sugar levels within a target range.

Growing older with Diabetes

Some things about aging make it harder to care for diabetes. You may have other health problems to take care of every day. It can be hard to manage everything or afford all of the different pills and supplies. Some people find that their tastes and eating patterns change. It can be hard to eat if you are alone or your spouse can no longer shop for food. Also a time of loss can drain your spirit and lead to depression.

1 in 523 U.S. kids has diabetes

Nearly one in 523 kids and teens in the U.S. has diabetes, and most of them are non-Hispanic whites with type 1 diabetes.

"We estimate that 154,369 youth had physician-diagnosed diabetes in 2001 in the United States," write the researchers.

The findings appear in Pediatrics' October edition.