Yesterday, I chaired and spoke at the opening session of the 1st Canadian National Summit on Metabolic Surgery, currently being held in Montreal, Quebec.

I reminded the audience that diabetes currently affects…

A test used to monitor long-term blood sugar levels in diabetes patients may give deceptively high results for children with an African background, researchers say. The misleading results could lead to…

According to one online report, Men with diabetes suffer more from some diabetes-related health problems than women.

In people who develop diabetes before the age of 30, men develop…

Professors at NAU and in Tucson are investigating whether type 1 diabetics might suffer more from mild altitude sickness, including on jetliners and when hiking the San Francisco Peaks.

The researchers plan to…

We know that skimping on sleep gives many of us heavy eyes and sends us on an early afternoon run for a large coffee (or, for those with an iron stomach who don’t…

Diabetes is today, one of the most wide spread diseases that affects people all over the world. Diabetes is caused if your body is unable to produce the desired…

Controlling gestational diabetes can not be possible with some women. But there are ways to lower the risk in developing gestational diabetes in most women.

Gestational diabetes…

Diabetes control natural treatments are currently being studied in many…

If there is one good piece of news in regard to learning about diabetes it is that Type 1 diabetes mellitus is a condition that does not affect too many…

Israeli researchers announced they have found a genetic connection between stress and diabetes, offering some hope towards fighting a related problem: overeating.

“We showed that the actions of a single gene in just one…

The first thing the patient needs to be educated in any illness is the other complications at which he is more prone to because of this illness. The same holds true with diabetes.…

A diagnosis of diabetes means lifestyle changes are in order, but where does one begin?

It’s important to get information from reliable sources, such as websites of The American Diabetes…

Alcohol use can become an addiction. Its use can also impair judgment. When used well it has salutary effects on the body. Despite this, those who choose to drink it should only do so…

Just a month old, the Quincy Juvenile Diabetes group held a special fundraising event Saturday afternoon.

The group hosted a run/ walk or bike event which started in the…

Men with diabetes face several health concerns, including increased risk of heart attacks and strokes and impotence (not being able to have or keep an erection).

Above the age of 50, the likelihood…

Diabetes could be a killer.  Browse this article to perceive how to manage this terrible disease.
Before the discovery of insulin in 1921, everybody with type 1 diabetes died within some years when…

A blood glucose monitoring system that connects to video game systems to help children manage diabetes is available in U.S. drug stores, its manufacturer said.

Bayer’s Didget meter positively reinforces consistent…

The use of vitamin B to stop kidney damage in people with diabetes needs a closer look, and those with kidney damage now taking high vitamin…

A new treatment can reverse a common cause of vision loss in patients with diabetes, researchers reported this week at a U.S. National Eye Institute conference.

Researchers with the Diabetic Retinopathy…

Haley May, 13, holds her head up high when she talks about having Type 1 diabetes.

She is not ashamed of the disease that she has learned to manage thanks…

Diabetes is one of the most deadly diseases in the United States, but there are ways to manage, prevent and treat it before complications occur.

Diabetes is associated with an…

Public and private healthcare stakeholders will gather today for the National Conference on Diabetes to discuss how to tackle the…

Whether I’m wearing my health policy hat or seeing patients in the office, one condition continues to surface as a source of concern and frustration.

Diabetes, one…

Adults who have a drink or two per day may have a lower diabetes risk than teetotalers - and the link does not appear to be explained by moderate drinkers’…