Among people who develop type 1 diabetes, the age it starts tends to be later if their parents have type 2 diabetes, Finnish researchers have found.

Type 1…

Type 2 diabetes usually resolves in extremely obese adolescents who undergo weight loss surgery, according to a review of 11 such patients treated at five centers in the United…

Children and teenagers with type 1 diabetes may have a particularly high rate of deficiency in bone-building vitamin D, a small study suggests.

The findings, say researchers, underscore the importance…

A slow, chronic reduction of blood sugar to the brain could trigger some forms of Alzheimer’s disease, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday.

The study of human and mice brains…

Following gestational diabetes, a type of diabetes that developments during pregnancy and usually goes away after pregnancy, treatment with metformin or intensive lifestyle interventions can prevent or delay diabetes from becoming permanent…

Persons with type 2 diabetes who had a diet high in low-glycemic foods such as nuts, beans and lentils had greater improvement in glycemic control and…

Patients with diabetes at the time of a cancer diagnosis have an increased risk of death compared to patients without diabetes, according to a…

A study in the Dec. 15 issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine suggests that screening type 2 diabetes patients for obstructive sleep apnea…

Type 1 (juvenile) diabetes and celiac disease appear to share a common genetic origin, scientists at the University of Cambridge and Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry,…

Overweight siblings of children with type 2 diabetes are four times more likely to have abnormal glucose levels compared to other overweight…

Neonatal diabetes is a rare form of diabetes that is usually detected within the first six months of life. Approximately 50% of cases of neonatal diabetes are caused by mutations in either the KIR6.2…

Diabetes and high levels of blood sugar may be linked to abnormalities in a person’s body clock and sleep patterns, according to a genome-wide association…

Scientists have identified 12 new genes that are somewhat strange bedfellows: Some link gallstones and blood cholesterol levels, others link melatonin and sleep patterns to small…

In a study of adult patients at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, nearly one in five had blood test results suggesting they had unrecognized diabetes, investigators report in the Journal…

Young adults who were exposed to diabetes in the womb appear to be at increased risk for developing diabetes at an early age.

In the SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth Study…

Vitamin K slowed the development of insulin resistance in elderly men in a study of 355 non-diabetic men and women ages 60 to 80 who completed a three-year…

People diagnosed with diabetes spend over $4,100 more each year on medical costs than people who don’t have diabetes, a gap that increases substantially each year following…

Older adults who take the diabetes medication rosiglitazone appear to have a higher risk of death and heart failure than those taking the related medication pioglitazone, according to…

November ushers in American Diabetes Month – not only a time to be thankful for bustling basic and clinical research underway on the disease, but also the unofficial start of…

Bradford Miller has had diabetes for nine years, and he knows the importance of quick treatment for related problems such as swelling and numbness in the feet.

“Knowing some of…

Discussion of a man’s background, attitude, and sexual history isn’t just the fodder of Sex and The City episodes – in the future, it could also be a…

People with Alzheimer’s disease who also have diabetes or high blood pressure may die sooner than people without such disorders, according to a study…

Sugar is naturally present in the blood in the form of glucose and is stored in the liver or adipose tissue (fat) thanks to the action of insulin. Glucose is stored or directly…

America’s tweens and teens more than doubled their use of type 2 diabetes medications between 2002 and 2005, with girls between 10 and 14 years of age showing a…

A progressively more complex and expensive array of treatments for type 2 diabetes is being prescribed to an increasing number of adults, according to a report in the October 27 issue…