Diabetes Articles

Diabetic Wound Care Patient Credits Lourdes Team for Healing and Compassionate Care 

Stepping inside a hyperbaric oxygen chamber might be intimidating for a lot of people. Eric Navarre was one of them. He had a diabetic wound on his foot that wasn’t healing properly, and hyperbaric oxygen therapy can help speed up the healing process.  The treatment...

How a New Eye Scan Can Prevent Blindness in Diabetes Patients

Dark floating spots and “cobwebs” in your vision could be a condition that clears on its own. For people with diabetes, it can be more serious. Four out of 10 diabetes patients suffer from diabetic retinopathy, a condition in which blood vessels in the eyes swell or...

What Does it Mean to be Prediabetic?

Learn about what it means to be in the group of people most likely to develop diabetes as adults and how you can help your body stay healthy.

I Think I Have Diabetes—Now What?

Learn what to do if you suspect you may be living with diabetes and what your next steps should be.