The statistics are astounding. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), 23.6 million adults and children have diabetes in the United States. The lingering question remains: what do you, as a patient,…

In recent years, doctors have focused on the growing rate of diabetes among children and young people.  But the most common kind of diabetes, type II, is more prevalent as people grow…

In people with longstanding type 2 diabetes who are at high risk for heart attack and stroke, lowering blood sugar to near-normal…

Medtronic Inc’s insulin pump and monitoring device controlled blood glucose levels better than multiple daily injections in patients with type 1 diabetes, according to a large post-market study.

Adult and pediatric…

Neuherberg, Düsseldorf, June, 28. 2010. An international consortium including Helmholtz Zentrum München and the German Diabetes Center, Düsseldorf has identified 12 new gene variants which…

Investigators are reporting early promising results with a program that trains lay volunteers to help people with diabetes achieve better control of their blood sugar.

The…

Obesity and weight gain increase the risk for diabetes in the elderly, but the association is not as strong after age 75 as it is for younger adults, a…

Children of mothers whose blood glucose (sugar) was high during pregnancy are more likely to have low insulin sensitivity—a risk factor for type 2…

Next time you order takeout wonton soup and a spicy Number 82, you might want to make sure it comes with brown rice.

Brown rice is a whole grain —…

Drug developer Depomed Inc (DEPO.O) said it will recall 52 lots of its diabetes drug Glumetza due to the presence of traces of a certain chemical in the tablet’s 500…

Nearly two million Canadians will be diagnosed with diabetes over the next decade as the number of people considered overweight increases, according to a study released yesterday.

The study, conducted…

An egg a day for breakfast probably won’t increase your likelihood of developing type 2 diabetes, according to a new study.

In the study, researchers failed to see a…

A new consensus statement of experts assembled by the American Diabetes Association and the American Cancer Society reviews emerging evidence that suggests cancer incidence is associated with diabetes as…

A new test to diagnose diabetes, recommended earlier this year by the American Diabetes Association, may not work well in black Americans, according to new research.

The…

The Coastal Bend Diabetes Initiative has been fighting the area’s diabetes problem for three years.

But being recently labeled America’s fattest city by Men’s Health magazine, based in…

Adding fenofibrate to statin therapy fails to reduce cardiovascular events in patients with type 2 diabetes, according to results of the first trial to evaluate combination therapy presented…

SCARBOROUGH health trust has scored highly in a recent report which compares diabetes services for children and young people across the region.

The report, undertaken by the University of…

Diabetes can lead to a decline in memory, thinking speed, and mental flexibility in middle age, but controlling the blood sugar disorder might prevent some of these effects,…

Controlling diet-induced degenerative disorders such as Type II Diabetes and obesity could be as easy as sprinkling a dietary supplement on your food in the future.

A national research team, including…

In the future, people with diabetes may be able to monitor their blood sugar levels using a glucose “tattoo.”

This new type of continuous glucose monitor relies on…

Nearly one out of three adults are at risk of developing type 2 diabetes, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

That’s why the YMCA is unrolling a…

Extract of one of Scotland’s most popular wild fruits – the blaeberry – could be used to treat diabetes, researchers reckon.

In their study, Aberdeen University scientists will explore the possibility of…

Traveling clinics that serve hundreds of people in a day make medical marijuana available to sick people who cannot access it through their regular doctors.

So says Janna Johnson, a Billings…

In 10 days, nearly 1,000 cyclists from 16 states will converge on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway to ride their bicycles in the movement to Stop…

Diabetes is rapidly becoming one of the biggest dangers to teenagers and even young children in China due to a serious lack of nutritional education, warn health experts.

It was confirmed last week that…