Diabetes Informational Resources

 

Optima Health helps you manage diabetes

 

 Diabetes Overview

 Exercise

 Management and Education

 Diabetes and Heart Disease

 Preventing Diabetes

 Diabetes and High Cholesterol

 Diabetes Care

 Diabetes and High Blood Pressure

 Medicines

 Meal Planning

 Depression

 Diabetes and Eye Disease

 


 

Our mission is to improve health every day. To help fulfill our mission, we’ve made a variety of diabetes informational resources available to you. Please browse the links below to access information that will help you manage diabetes.

 

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Diabetes Overview

 

What is Diabetes?

 

Is there a cure for diabetes?

 

What are the signs and symptoms of diabetes?

 

What are the types of Diabetes?

 

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Management and Education

 

Optima Health Diabetes Management Program

 

Sentara Diabetes Education Classes

 

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Preventing Diabetes

 

Your Game Plan to Prevent Type 2 Diabetes (.pdf)

 

All About Pre-Diabetes (.pdf)

 

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Diabetes Care

 

Tips for Teens with Diabetes: What is Diabetes? (.pdf)

 

Traveling with Diabetes (.pdf)

 

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Medicines

 

Managing Your Medicines (.pdf)

 

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Depression

 

How You Can Help Your Loved One with Diabetes (.pdf)

 

Coping With Diabetes (.pdf)

 

Recognizing and Handling Depression for People with Diabetes (.pdf)

 

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Exercise

 

Getting Started with Physical Activity (.pdf)

 

All About Physical Activity for People with Diabetes (.pdf)

 

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Diabetes and Heart Disease

 

Take Care of Your Heart, Manage Your Diabetes (.pdf)

 

Medical Tests and Procedures for Finding and Treating Heart and Blood Vessel Disease (.pdf)

 

Taking Care of Your Heart (.pdf)

 

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Diabetes and High Cholesterol

 

Treating High Cholesterol in People with Diabetes (.pdf)

 

Protect Your Heart: Cook with Heart-Healthy Foods (.pdf)

 

Protect Your Heart: Choose Fats Wisely (.pdf)

 

Protect Your Heart: Check Food Labels to Make Heart-Healthy Choices (.pdf)

 

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Diabetes and High Blood Pressure

 

Treating High Blood Pressure in People with Diabetes (.pdf)

 

Your Guide to Lowering Your Blood Pressure with DASH (.pdf)

 

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Meal Planning

 

Eating Out With Diabetes (.pdf)

 

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Diabetes and Eye Disease

 

See Your Future More Clearly (.pdf)

 

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Last Updated December 11, 2008 1:19:07 PM