A new type of diabetes drug that helps the body control blood sugar won U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval, the agency said on Tuesday.

Merck & Co. Inc.‘s…

When screening identifies people with type 2 diabetes, they usually experience little anxiety in the first years after the diagnosis. However, early and intensive treatment seems to lead to higher anxiety…

About 21 percent of individuals with diabetes do not regularly take their blood-sugar lowering, blood-pressure lowering or cholesterol-lowering pills, researchers found in study of 11,532 diabetes patients.

The study…

About one in every 523 children and adolescents in the United States had physician-diagnosed diabetes in 2001, according to estimates from a major national study called SEARCH for Diabetes…

The antipsychotic medication olanzapine is associated with type-2 diabetes onset in patients.

According to a study from the United States, “This study compared the 1-year incidence of…

Alcohol uses may increase type 2 diabetes and glucose intolerance risk, but smoking does not.

In a recent report, researchers in Japan conducted a study “to…

With the epidemic of obesity in the United States leading to a greater incidence of diabetes among youth, a…

Diabetes and hyperlipidemia increase diffusionweighted imaging lesion risk during invasive therapy of the carotid artery.

According to recent research published in the journal Neurological Research,…

Dairy products may reduce type 2 diabetes or cardiovascular disease risk.

According to a recent review from Netherlands, “Diet is important in the prevention and treatment…

University of Florida researchers have discovered the appetite-controlling hormone leptin could also combat type 2 diabetes, a disease that has become a growing problem in the United States as more Americans…

Short or poor quality sleep is associated with reduced control of blood-sugar levels in African Americans with diabetes, report researchers from the University of Chicago in the Sept.…

Foot infections in individuals with diabetes increases following trauma.

Researchers in the United States conducted a study “to prospectively determine risk factors for foot infection in a cohort…

Diabetic foot ulcer can be predicted by readily available clinical information.

According to recent research published in the journal Diabetes Care, “The ability of readily available clinical…

Pioglitazone prevents cardiac remodeling in high-fat, high-calorie-induced type 2 diabetes mellitus.

“The agonists of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma (PPAR gamma) ameliorate cardiovascular complications associated with diabetes mellitus. We…

Simvastatin reduced serum triglycerides but had no effect on plasma palmitate concentrations in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

“Statins improve all major lipid…

Lifestyle intervention for prediabetic neuropathy can result in cutaneous reinnervation and improved pain.

According to a study from the United States, “The purpose of this study was to evaluate intraepidermal nerve…

Alere Medical, Inc., a disease management company, announced implementation of a new pilot program with Health Net of Arizona Inc. to help its members with…

Albuminuria and renal impairment are associated with distinct sets of risk factors in type 2 diabetes.

According to a study from England, “Not all…

Sirolimus-eluting stent implants effectively inhibit neointimal hyperplasia in diabetic patients.

According to a study from Spain, “A predefined intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) substudy was performed to evaluate the vascular…

Calpain-10 is not associated with type 2 diabetes in northern Sweden population.

“We present data from a genome-wide scan identifying genetic factors conferring susceptibility to…

Glycemic control is poor in type 1 diabetes patients with idiosyncratic personal explanations for blood glucose events.

Researchers in England conducted a study…

The FOX01A variation is rare and is unlikely to contribute to type 2 diabetes mellitus.

According to recent research from the United States,…

The risk of diabetes is increased in grand multiparous women.

Researchers at the University of Auckland report, “We sought to determine the risk of diabetes and IGT/IFG with…

Diabetes screening may not be cost-effective unless treatment is highly effective.

“The cost-effectiveness of screening for diabetes is unknown but has been modeled previously. None of these models has taken account…

Acarbose, an alpha-glucosidase inhibitor, improves endothelial dysfunction in Goto-Kakizaki rats exhibiting repetitive blood glucose fluctuation.

According to recent research from Japan, “Several epidemiological studies have revealed that subjects…