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…

In recent decades immigration to Norway from Asia, Africa and Eastern Europe has increased rapidly. The aim of this study was…

As awareness of pre-diabetes grows, the list of conditions that can lead to it seems to be growing. Along with obesity and a sedentary lifestyle, researchers may…

Complex wounds affect more patients in the United States than heart attack and stroke combined, and five to seven million Americans with complex wounds account for over $20 billion…

Italian scientists have found a significant link between juvenile diabetes and a common virus that usually only causes a mild infection - a discovery that may give clues as…

Over the last decade there has been a massive increase in the number of people diagnosed as a diabetic and many experts believe this is literally just the tip of the iceberg. There are even…

Type 2 diabetes is easily the most common type of diabetes. An incredible number of Americans have already been identified as having diabetes type 2,…

CASES of diabetes in Derbyshire have nearly doubled in the last 10 years - due to a huge rise in obesity.

Figures released by health bosses show that…

Red meat has long been cast as a bad player in heart disease and diabetes. But a new analysis from Harvard suggests that processed red meat - think…

Cancer and diabetes – are risk factors the same for these two diseases? Or does diabetes cause processes in the body which promote the onset or growth of…

Got diabetes? If so, you probably know that the adult-onset form of the disease can be triggered by, among other things, obesity and a fatty…

Patients treated over long periods with metformin, a common drug for diabetes, are at risk of developing vitamin B12 deficiency which is also likely to get worse over time, according…

Scientists are reporting development and successful testing of a sensor that can instantly tell whether someone has Type I diabetes. It could also be used by emergency room…

Until the last decade or so, the form of diabetes diagnosed in the majority of children was type 1, once known as juvenile diabetes. But these days, more and more children and teens…

A new drug could stop diabetes in its tracks in just six days.

The drug, called otelixizumab, appears to halt the rapid decline in the body’s production of insulin.

It…

A newly published study is renewing debate over whether it is worthwhile to ask people with Type 2 diabetes who aren’t treated with insulin to routinely test their…

The Fontaine Medical Research Building officially opened its doors several weeks ago, improving the research capabilities of the Medical Center’s endocrinology department.

The building, which had been in planning since…

Diabetes treatment comes in four ways, including, a healthy diet, exercise, insulin and medicinal tablets to lower blood glucose, and it’s usually best to use some combination of the above.

A healthy diet can adjust…

Pregnant women negotiating the rocky landscape of poverty tend to gain weight and endure more medical complications, particularly gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) than those who are better off financially,…

While the vast majority of medications that Americans take are both safe and effective, many people may be surprised to discover that certain drugs may not…

Diabetes testing for people who are marginalized or living in the street in Kamloops has revealed a risk factor so high that it surprised even the street nurses.

Part of a national…