diabetes

Today is World Diabetes Day. Read how VA raises awareness about diabetes well-being and management.

Women Veterans are 2.5 times more likely to develop Type 2 diabetes than non-Veterans, but prevention is possible.

Diabetes is a complex metabolic disorder with serious consequences if not managed properly. VA can help.

Middleton Award is Biomedical Laboratory Research and Development Service’s highest honor for outstanding achievement in biomedical research on diabetes.

Advanced Comprehensive Diabetes Care (ACDC) provides access to self-management and medication support using innovative Home Telehealth services.

Army Veteran makes lifestyle changes including diet and exercise and is now successfully controlling her diabetes.

In 2001, VA made diabetes a presumptive condition for disability compensation. Veterans who served with "boots on the ground" in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos during the Vietnam war were eligible. The decision was based on an Institute of Medicine report that found a possible association between exposure to Agent Orange and diabetes.

Veterans access Nutrition and Food Services programs offered by VA with technology like VA Video Connect. Virtual visits have positive impact.

A continuous glucose monitor is a tiny sensor inserted under the skin. It sends data to the Veteran's patients’ smartphone or tablet.

Veterans are 2.5 times more likely than non-Veterans to have diabetes. If you suffer from diabetes distress, VA can help you cope.

Many people with kidney disease don't have symptoms until kidney damage is very advanced. Blood and urine tests confirm kidney disease.

Dangerous blood sugar levels, then a severe infection, then amputation. Through it all, Marine Corps Veteran is optimistic and grateful to VA.