People who get a range of fruits and vegetables in their diets may have a somewhat decreased risk of type 2 diabetes, a new study suggests.

The findings, reported in…

Type 1 diabetes is caused by autoimmune destruction of the insulin-producing beta cells. Over 250,000 patients suffer from type 1 diabetes in Germany who are treated with daily insulin…

It’s not clear whether patients with type 2 diabetes gain any long-term benefit from taking the blood sugar-lowering drug metformin and insulin together rather than insulin alone.

More people pull the night shift. Teens text past midnight and stumble to class at dawn. Travelers pack red-eye flights.

Nodding off behind the wheel isn’t the only threat…

Clinicians should take an individualized, patient-centric approach when treating type 2 diabetes, according to a joint statement from American and European diabetes organizations.

Both HbA1c targets and pharmacological interventions should be…

A new joint study by Group Health Research Institute and Bastyr University Research Institute found that type 2 diabetes patients who received naturopathic care (as an adjunct to…

IN THEIR extraordinary quest to decode human metabolism, researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have discovered a pair of molecules that regulates the liver’s production…

Serum levels of phthalate metabolites are linked with the development of type 2 diabetes in the elderly, Swedish researchers found.

“Phthalates are found in numerous household products, such as food…

Maintaining the right level of sugar in the blood is the responsibility not only of insulin, which removes glucose, but also of a hormone called glucagon,…

There is a connection between phthalates found in cosmetics and plastics and the risk of developing diabetes among seniors. Even at a modest increase in…

Although the drug metformin is considered the gold standard in the management of type 2 diabetes, a study by a group of French researchers…

In their extraordinary quest to decode human metabolism, researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have discovered a pair of molecules that regulates the…

The more common type of diabetes in China grew by 30 percent in just seven years, according to a new survey of thousands of Shanghai residents.

The curse of affluence appears…

Scientists from the Monell Center report that blood glucose levels following starch ingestion are influenced by genetically-determined differences in salivary amylase, an enzyme that breaks down dietary starches. Specifically, higher…

Patients with diabetes and pancreatic cancer who are prescribed metformin may have improved survival compared with those not prescribed the commonly used diabetic agent, according to a…

Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes have discovered a key protein that regulates insulin resistance - the diminished ability of cells to respond to the action of insulin…

Weight-loss surgery did a better job of controlling type 2 diabetes in overweight and moderately obese patients than the most advanced medical treatment for the disease, researchers said on…

Regular workouts can help people with diabetes rein in their blood sugar levels, and they don’t need to hit the gym every day to see an effect, according…

Eating white rice could increase the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, Harvard researchers claimed.

Each large serving of white rice was linked to an 11 percent increased risk,…

A recent study shows that the presence of H. pylori bacteria is associated with elevated levels of glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c), an important biomarker for blood…

A study by Columbia researchers suggests that cells in the patient’s intestine could be coaxed into making insulin, circumventing the need…

A novel agent that activates a free fatty acid receptor successfully increased insulin secretion without raising the risk of hypoglycemia in patients with type 2 diabetes, a randomized study found.

The…

Selenium supplementation might predispose some people to diabetes if they already have adequate levels of the metal, the author of a review cautioned.

Although an adequate selenium status confers multiple health…

Celebrity chef and Food Network personality Paula Deen says that some people ‘were kinda mean’ about her diagnosis, after she publically revealed she…

In a reversal of two decades of medical reports, a Mayo Clinic study finds the frequency of nerve damage called diabetic polyneuropathy is similar in prediabetic patients and healthy people. Physicians…