Identifying the mechanism behind a genetic susceptibility to type 2 diabetes

Type 2 diabetes is reaching epidemic proportions in the developed world. Determining if and how…

A class of drugs commonly used to treat type 2 diabetes may double the risk of heart failure, according to a new analysis by researchers at Wake Forest University School…

Home monitoring of blood glucose and blood pressure levels can provide patients and physicians with valuable information in the management of diabetes mellitus and hypertension. Home monitoring allows patients to…

The diabetes epidemic is taking a large and growing toll on New York City, a new Health Department report shows, as death rates, debilitating complications, and hospitalization…

One route to a long and healthy life may be establishing the right balance in insulin signaling between the brain and the rest of the body, according to…

An herb long-used in traditional Indian medicine may help people with type 2 diabetes control their blood sugar, a new study suggests.

Researchers found that the herb, called Salacia oblonga, reduced post-meal…

Patients with diabetes, especially women, who take thiazolidinediones, which include commonly prescribed drugs such as Avandia and Actos, may have an increased risk of developing cancer, according to a new…

The safety of the controversial diabetes drug Avandia (rosiglitazone) was attacked in a new analysis by German researchers, who found little evidence that the drug improved the quality or…

New research indicates that both insulin-dependent (type 1) diabetes and non-insulin-dependent (type 2) diabetes is associated with substantially increased risks of stroke overall, and most subtypes of stroke.

Strokes occur…

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship of severe hypoglycemia and smoking in a population-based cohort of individuals with long-term type 1 diabetes.

Pediatrics researchers at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and McGill University in Montreal have identified a gene variant that raises a child’s risk for type 1 diabetes, formerly called…

Individuals with diabetes appear to spend more days in the intensive care unit, use more ventilator support and have more complications during hospitalization for trauma than non-diabetics, according to a report…

Pumpkin extract has insulin-like effects that could help people with diabetes keep their blood sugar under control, results of an animal study hint.

Chinese researchers found that animals with…

A review of previous studies indicates that use of a class of medications known as “incretin-based therapy”, which act via certain pathways that affect glucose…

Most Americans fail to get the calcium and vitamin D they need, but this shortfall could be affecting more than their bones. It may, at least…

People with diabetes are risking their health by not discussing their use of complementary and alternative therapies with the health professionals managing their conventional treatment.

A review of…

Researchers at the University of Warwick’s Warwick Medical School have uncovered a process that locks the body’s metabolism in a diabetic state after only relatively limited…

The results of a study published in the journal Diabetes Care suggest that treatment satisfaction and quality of life are more favorable in diabetic patients who use inhaled insulin rather than injected insulin.

Americans appear to be doing a better job of managing diabetes, with more than half of diabetics reaching recommended targets for controlling blood sugar last year, according to a survey published on…

Diabetes is dangerous even before the disease becomes full-blown, boosting the risk of death from heart disease in its earliest form, Australian researchers said on Monday.

Before most people…

In the last three decades, the annual death rate for people with diabetes has decreased for men but not for women, new research shows.

“The improvements seen in men…

Though diabetes contributes to nearly a quarter million deaths in the United States annually, patients with chronic ailments don’t always take their medication as prescribed.…

Published today in the American Diabetes Association journal Diabetes Care, Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine researchers say that the care of elderly patients with type 1—insulin dependent - and…

Spending money to improve diabetes care at federally qualified community health centers is a sound investment, according to one of the first studies to examine the clinical and economic…

Any photographer can vouch for the difficulty of capturing a clear picture of a moving target.

When it comes to molecules, however, sometimes the motion is exactly what scientists…