Intensive and early treatment of type 1 diabetes substantially lowers the risk of cardiovascular ailments such as heart disease and stroke, a new multicenter study shows.

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For overweight individuals known to secrete high levels of insulin, a diet low in sugar leads to greater weight loss than a diet high in sugar, investigators in Boston report.…

Diabetics with mental health conditions are less likely to receive optimum diabetes care, according to the results of a large study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine.

Diabetes is…

Diabetes is a disease in which the body does not produce or properly use insulin. This means that the body is having a hard time converting sugar, starch and other food…

It is known that the risk of death in adults with diabetes is approximately twofold that of the general population. A new study suggests that the excess mortality associated…

Intensive, home-based psychotherapy can significantly reduce diabetes-related stress in adolescents with type 1 diabetes, according to a report in journal Pediatrics.

“Although medical care providers often feel frustrated when caring for…

Some forms of diabetes could feasibly be prevented. Scientists at the German Research Centre for Biotechnology (GBF) in Braunschweig recently were able to do just that in…

A new study offers doctors another barometer to gauge the quality of care they give patients with diabetes. The study researchers are proposing an evaluation of diabetes care that…

While several studies have demonstrated poorer cognitive function in older adults with type 2 diabetes compared to older adults without diabetes, a new study in the current issue of…

Every 30 seconds a limb is lost to diabetes. This is the backdrop for two major studies reported in the November 12, 2005, issue of Lancet by Rosalind Franklin University…

Although having diabetes can sometimes feel isolating to individuals, participation in an Internet-based discussion group offers hope, inspiration and encouragement as well as bolsters people’s perceived ability to cope…

Denmark’s Novo Nordisk, the world’s biggest maker of insulin, said on Friday a phase II study showed promising results for its diabetes drug liraglutide.

“The impressive clinical data for liraglutide holds great…

In patients with type 2 diabetes, 14 weeks of a high-carbohydrate diet modestly raises blood pressure compared to a diet high in monounsaturated fat, new study findings indicate.

Women who breastfeed longer have a lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes, according to a study in the November 23/30 issue of JAMA.

Type 2 diabetes mellitus…

Women with type 2 diabetes face an increased risk of urinary urge incontinence, according to a new report. “Because many studies have shown that women often do not mention their…

In a large study of type 2 diabetic patients, treatment with fenofibrate did not markedly reduce the risk of major cardiac events. The drug, sold as Tricor by Abbott Laboratories, did,…

A carbohydrate isolated from the liver lowers blood sugar levels after it is injected into diabetic rats, according to research carried…