Treatment with the blood pressure drugs perindopril and indapamide can help prevent kidney problems in patients with type 2 diabetes, according to a report in the Journal of the American…

Scientists funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council have harnessed a new drug discovery tool to identify a new player in the body’s insulin secretion process. This…

For patients with type two diabetes, a combination of two blood-pressure-lowering drugs reduces the risk of kidney disease by about 20 percent—even in patients who don’t have high…

For people with type 2 diabetes, diets high in either monounsaturated fatty acids or carbohydrates are good - as long as the calories they contain are limited.

Dr. Bonnie J.…

WHAT: On Tuesday, March 24th, 2009, the Association will observe the 21st Annual American Diabetes Alert Day – a one-day call to action encouraging all Americans to take the Diabetes Risk…

A few minutes of intense exercise a week is just as good as a half-hour of moderate physical activity a day for reducing a person’s risk of developing type 2…

Diabetics are eight times more likely than non-diabetics to have a lower limb amputated, according to a report published this month in the journal Diabetes Care.

The findings are based…

Giving people with type 2 diabetes the opportunity to help manage their care online can substantially improve their long-term blood sugar control, new research suggests.

Clinic visits alone aren’t enough for…

Results of a recent study conducted by researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center and colleagues show that cognitive functioning abilities drop as average blood…

Eating just one serving of green leafy vegetables or three servings of fruit a day reduces the risk of developing Type II diabetes, say researchers at Tulane School of Public…

Diabetic patients are less likely to suffer from acute respiratory failure during severe sepsis. Researchers writing in BioMed Central’s open access journal Critical Care studied 930 million hospitalisations over a…

Results of a recent study conducted by researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center and colleagues show that cognitive functioning abilities drop as…

About one diabetic in three never fills the doctor’s prescription for antidiabetic medication, according to a study based on a new method of capturing a comprehensive picture of…

Researchers have found what appears to be a major culprit behind the loss of insulin-producing β cells from the pancreases of people with diabetes, a critical event in the…

As glucose levels rise, cognitive function declines in patients who have type 2 diabetes and other cardiovascular risk factors, according to a report in the current issue of Diabetes Care.

Whether…

Infants born with a rare form of inherited diabetes might avoid irreversible damage to their pancreases if they are treated immediately with sulfonylurea drugs…

Diabetes has reached virtually epidemic levels in the modern world. In 2005 the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated that about 7 percent of the American population (20.9 million people) had diabetes -…

A new Cochrane review finds that following a low glycemic index diet helps people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes to improve their blood glucose (blood sugar) control…

Finding simpler ways to deliver insulin into the blood stream is one important avenue for tackling the diabetes epidemic that is sweeping the developed world.

The preferred option for many patients would be…

New research shows that teenagers who are moderately active burn more calories and metabolize blood sugar more efficiently than their sedentary peers - a fact that may protect…

A new gene variant influences fasting glucose levels via the melatonin metabolism

Neuherberg, January 16., 2009. An international research team with German participation including Helmholtz Zentrum München, among…

Many people with type 2 diabetes may be skeptical about the safety and effectiveness of their medications, African Americans in particular, a new study suggests.

What’s more, researchers found, study…

Scientists in Oregon and India are reporting an advance toward developing the first saliva test to diagnose and monitor effectiveness of treatment for Type 2 diabetes. Their report…

More than 20 million Americans are living with diabetes, and that number is expected to increase by more than 5 million by 2010. One…

A benchmarking study published in the Journal of Hospital Medicine evaluated contemporary hospital glycemic management in United States academic medical centers, determining glucose control practices…