Here are some tips, as well as some practical and psychological advice for dealing with having an injection. Relaxing and massaging the injection site beforehand can make the procedure less painful.

If your diabetes care doesn't include oral treatment, then you've got a regular date with subcutaneous injections. It's a procedure that allows you to absorb the drug on a constant basis. Here are the 5 basic steps to doing a subcutaneous injection for you to follow so you don't make any mistakes.

You're not an alien if you're scared of needles: between 10 and 20% of the population has some intolerance towards needles and injections, just like you do. But don't worry, because we'll now explain how to overcome this little phobia.

There are new sweeteners available like stevia aimed at helping people with diabetes deal with their blood glucose levels. Here we'll talk all about their characteristics, properties and their pros and cons, to help make your choice easier. Let's get going!

It's all thanks to technology: nowadays you can even manage diabetes on your mobile phone. You can download lots of different apps that are all for the same purpose - to help you monitor your diabetes. They're important digital companions that track glucose in the blood, remind you when to take your medication and give you nutritional information about specific foods.

Did you know that you can adapt your blood sugar meter to suit your needs and preferences? From the dimensions of the display to the capacity of the memory and the convenience factor. Here's a short guide to help you talk to your diabetes specialist about the blood sugar meter that's best for you.

Diabetes comes in many different forms: some more serious, like Type 1 diabetes, while others are more common, like diabetes Type 2 or those connected with pregnancy, like gestational diabetes. All these different types of this condition have one thing in common: hyperglycemia, an excess of sugar in the blood.

25% of girls with diabetes between 13-18 who use insulin therapy suffer from diabulimia. It's an eating disorder that's been renamed "slimming with diabetes", sometimes with serious consequences. The term diabulimia merges the words "diabetes" and "bulimia", and is linked to the fear of taking insulin because of the worry of putting on weight.

Diabetes is a chronic metabolic disorder characterized by an abnormal increase in sugar levels in the blood. Glucose is the part of the sugar in food that cells turn into new energy. But what happens to glucose in the blood when one gets diabetes?