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1. Stress: It’s Not All In Your Head!

   When your body is under attack, or when it feels attacked, it will naturally have a fight or flight response, with the hormonal reaction this entails. Cortisol and adrenaline, among other hormones, increase glucose levels, which are quickly transported to ...

2. Discussing Diabetes With Your Child

   You just got your diagnosis? Or is your child growing up and starting to ask questions? In either case, you’ll eventually have to broach the topic with them. Here are a few tips to guide the discussion: Test the waters.  Once the news is out, ask your ...

3. Travelling Tips

   The long-awaited moment is finally here: you’re going on vacation and you deserve this break. While you pack your bags and look for your passport or your keys, here’s our basic guide to a memorable and hassle-free trip! Setting off! While travelling by ...

4. Managing diabetes for kids

   A diagnosis of diabetes should not diminish your child’s quality of life. You and your child will have additional responsibilities over the years, but the added self-discipline may work in your child's favour. As a parent of an infant or toddler ...

5. 2 minutes online. A lifetime of benefits.

   Language English Form on below and image on top Register your Accu-Chek meter today to activate your lifetime warranty and many other benefits:- Free replacement batteries and log books- Product assistance and upgrades- Our e-Newsletter filled with tips ...

6. Do Injections Give You The Needle?

   Trembling, palpitations, cold sweats, nausea, or even a blood pressure drop: do needles have that effect on you? You can’t get away from it: blood sugar checking and insulin injections rhyme with needle sticks. Yet, the stress caused by a fear of needles ...

7. Free meter offer form

   Language English Form on below and image on top Customize image I consent being 16 years old or older for the processing of my personal information. * First name * Last name * Address line 1 * Address line 2 City * Province * Postal code * Email * Accu ...

8. Diabetes And Intimacy

   When talking about diabetes management, sex remains a taboo subject. You hear a lot about risks for eyes, nerves, kidneys and the heart. You hear a lot less about possible problems in the bedroom—be they psychological barriers or dysfunctions. Can ...

9. Managing Sick Days

   Feeling fine? It's the perfect day to create a sick day plan. When you're feeling ill, you'd like nothing more than to lie in bed with a good book or a good movie. Yet that's when you need to focus even more on diabetes self-care. The ...

10. How to Talk to Your Doctor

    Whether you’ve been living with diabetes for years or you’re newly diagnosed, communicating with your health care team is one of the best things you can do. If you’re nervous about opening up to your doctor or pharmacist, there are some good reasons to ...

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