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Complementary and Alternative Medical Therapies for Diabetes Tips for Teens: Lower Your Risk for Type 2 Diabetes Diabetes Center Insulin: An Overview Kids Now Getting Adult Disease Sir Frederick Grant Banting Insulin: Worried About Injecting? For Teens Quiz for Teens with Diabetes Type 2 Diabetes Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation: Kids Online
 * Learn about complementary and alternative treatments for diabetes patients, in this discussion from the National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse (NDIC). The distinction between complementary (used with conventional treatments) and alternative (used instead of conventional treatments) is defined first. Patients considering such remedies are advised to seek professional advice in advance. Common complementary and alternative medical treatments are listed and defined, including acupuncture, biofeedback, chromium, ginseng, magnesium, and vanadium.
 * URL: http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov
 * Diabetes is a medical condition where there is too much blood sugar in the body. People of all ages, including children, can suffer from this condition. Teenagers are becoming more at risk for this disease, partly because of poor nutrition and lack of exercise. The National Diabetes Education Program put together this Web page with questions and answers regarding diabetes. These tips can show teens a way to lower their risk for type 2 diabetes.
 * URL: http://ndep.nih.gov
 * This web site is for kids with diabetes. A variety of different resources are here. The first section, What to Know, explains diabetes, including a dictionary of commonly used terms and related articles. The second section, What to Do, covers information about living with diabetes, medications and monitoring, nutrition and recipes. You can also read Chandler's Story. Chandler has been living with diabetes since he was four years old. This web site is brought to you by KidsHealth and the Nemours Foundation.
 * URL: http://www.kidshealth.org
 * If you want to understand how insulin works in the human body, visit the About Kids Health web site. Find out about the important jobs that the hormone insulin performs in the body. It allows sugars, or glucose, from food to enter cells and produce energy. This site includes animated slideshows that show how the body gets nutrients from food and how insulin plays a key role in releasing those nutrients. Highlighted words can be clicked to find definitions. Find out how blood sugar levels change before and after eating in a healthy person and learn what insulin resistance is.
 * URL: http://www.aboutkidshealth.ca
 * Most kids diagnosed with diabetes have type 1 where their bodies stop producing insulin and they must take daily insulin shots. In recent years, more and more kids are being diagnosed with type 2, a form more common in adults, where the body makes insulin but doesn't use it properly. Analyze why rising obesity rates may be the culprit. A generation ago, diabetes was a devastating diagnosis. Today, it still means lifelong changes in spite of medical advances. Learn how to cultivate healthy habits. Read about diabetes research and camps.
 * URL: http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org
 * Sir Frederick Grant Banting was interested in the disease diabetes mellitus which caused death. Banting is credited discovering the hormone called insulin. He won the Nobel Prize for his discoveries. He did his research with a man named Charles Best who was not given the Nobel Prize. Banting was furious that Best would not be given the same honor for his work with insulin. What did he do? Come read more about the career and contributions of Frederick Grant Banting.
 * URL: http://www.science.ca
 * Insulin injections become a regular routine for people with diabetes but many initially fear giving themselves required injections. Discover why expectations are a big part of the problem as many people's prior experience with needles is much different than the needles used for insulin. The diabetes care team will offer suggestions to help people overcome their worries. Find out how diabetics can overcome needle-phobia and panic attacks related to needles and injections. Learn how injection pens and auto-injectors can help. Investigate a needle-free injecting device that is not necessarily pain-free but does allow the user to avoid a needle.
 * URL: http://www.diabetes.org.uk
 * It's easy to get burnout dealing with diabetes 24 hours a day, every day, for the rest of your life. The routine can get overwhelming as it interrupts daily teenage life. It can be hard to find the balance between being independent and getting support with challenges and solutions. Signs of diabetes burnout include skipping meals, skipping tests, not recording numbers, forgetting supplies, and lying to your family or doctors. Treat diabetes as a problem to be solved and learn to make tradeoffs like sugary and fast foods safely. Combining diabetes and sports also requires a plan.
 * URL: http://www.ohsu.edu
 * The National Diabetes Education Program came up with a brilliant idea to help teens with diabetes. This site presents an online quiz that helps kids who have diabetes manage their daily activities. Teens who have diabetes want to be active and involved just like other kids. However, there are certain precautions they must take to stay healthy. Take a look at this quiz and see if you know the answers to these questions about diabetes. It is great preventative medicine that will help you stay away from unhealthy habits that could lead to the start of diabetes.
 * URL: http://ndep.nih.gov
 * There are millions of people in the world that have been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. And there are millions of people who have type 2 diabetes that don't even know it. That is because type 2 diabetes does not have any serious symptoms and people can go for years without being diagnosed with the disease. This helpful article about diabetes explains how glucose and insulin are important to the body and also explains the causes of type 2 diabetes.
 * URL: http://www.bupa.co.uk
 * Did you just find out you have diabetes? If so, you should visit this web page. From here you can access a lot of helpful information. Some of the topics include: (1) New to diabetes, (2) Why me? and (3) What now? There is also a frequently asked question section and a friends and family section. By visiting this web site, hopefully you realize you are not alone with diabetes. This site is sponsored by The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International.
 * URL: http://kids.jdrf.org