Catching signs of diabetes and prediabetes early is possible by staying up to date with annual physicals with a health care provider. These yearly visits include screenings for chronic conditions like diabetes, and can help you stay on top of your health.

What is Diabetes? Everything You Need to Know 

Diabetes management is possible with lifestyle modifications. Here, BCBSM Internist Dr. Lynne Carter walks us through some habits to avoid if you are living with diabetes.

5 Things to Limit or Avoid When Living with Diabetes

BCBSM Chief Medical Officer Dr. James Grant discusses how the American Indian/Alaska Native community is disproportionately affected by many chronic conditions.  

Health Disparities Affecting the American Indian/Alaska Native Population  

There can be a correlation between fluctuating blood sugar levels and feelings of fatigue after eating. If you routinely fall asleep after you eat, it might be time to get to the bottom of the issue.

Is Falling Asleep After Eating a Sign of Diabetes?

If you are managing a diagnosis of diabetes, your health care provider will likely advise you that you need to monitor your blood sugar levels at home. The best way to do this is using a glucose monitor. A glucose monitor is a device that you can use to test the levels of sugar, or glucose, in your blood.

How to Choose a Glucose Monitor

Auburn, Michigan's Jacen Scaggs likes to say that while he may have diabetes, diabetes doesn't have him. A near-death experience as a child led Scaggs on a path of diabetes advocacy in his formative years as a college student.

Life-Threatening Bout with Diabetes Guides Michigan Teen Towards Advocacy 

One of the most commonly used tests to screen for diabetes and prediabetes – as well as for tracking how well people with the conditions are managing their blood sugar – is the A1C test.

What is an A1C?

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