Now, in her new book, Shot: Staying Alive With Diabetes, Ryan, 46, an attorney who lives in Alexandria, Va., shares how she has learned to live with the disease.

Working in diabetes, I’ve always been interested in behaviors and mental health. And I have always thought it would be awesome to be a healthcare provider, as it would be something I would ...

When Rubin set out to write the first edition of “Diabetes for Dummies” in 1998, he had a specific goal in mind: to create a book that would be highly understandable for patients with diabetes.

The American Diabetes Association’s most recent studies found that over 38.4 million Americans, or 11.6% of the country’s population, either have diagnosed or undiagnosed diabetes.

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- There's been a 21 percent increase in the number of young people being diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. Former CBS3 reporter Oren Liebermann wrote a new book about living with it.

When Rhodes Ritenour was a 5-year-old with diabetes, there was no book on children growing up with diabetes. There is now — he wrote it. Ritenour, now 45, of Short Pump has lived with Type 1 ...

“I think it will be a fun book to read, but also an educational book,” she said. The 23-page story follows Jake in Mrs. Bulldog’s class as he finds out about his Type 1 diabetes.

At age 8, Elle Shaheen was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. With this diagnosis, the life of the girl from Portsmouth, New Hampshire, became one of literal highs and lows. Elle and her parents ...

These include the fact that diabetics have to eat diabetic food, and follow a specific diabetic diet. Furthermore, the book discusses weight gain, and dispels myths surrounding obesity . For instance ...