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I am 37, not overweight, and I was just recently diagnosed with diabetes. I am suspicious of prescription drugs I just started taking just before symptoms began to appear. Could these drugs have caused diabetes to occur?

I have not yet been informed what his blood sugar level should be. What should it be for two-year old who weighs 13.5 kg?

If we were to start to clone people with diabetes would we be able to use the clone’s pancreas if it worked before the individual got diabetes in real life so the person would not have the disease?

We are having trouble with the dawn phenomenon. We have been giving a little Humalog at 3 am, if the blood sugar is over 150 mg/dl [8.3 mmol/L], to help from climbing. Is there anything else we can do to prevent blood sugars from climbing so much?

I am 25 weeks pregnant and have diabetes. I was referred to a high-risk specialist who suggests I have a level 2 ultrasound and a fetal echo test. Can you provide any information on these two tests?

My 12 year old daughter has been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. She’s coming home and is very afraid of shots. How are we going to treat her diabetes?

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