By 2020, new cases of Type 1 diabetes in children younger than 5 are expected to double if current trends continue, according to a study published in The Lancet. Diabetes is an…

Women with type 2 diabetes who ate more than 9 g of bran per day had a 35% lower risk for death from cardiovascular…

The effect of diabetes on lowering testosterone levels is similar to a weight gain of 20 pounds, according to new research that finds 40 percent of obese men have below-normal testosterone levels.

Having diabetes does not mean that all the pleasure of eating is taken away. You just have to pay attention to your eating habits and alter them to accommodate your condition.

Biologically speaking, one of the reasons we eat is to get glucose. Cells use the hormone insulin to convert glucose into the energy we need to live.

In some cases, cells…

Black children with type 1 diabetes score higher than whites with similar blood glucose levels on a critical test, potentially leading their physicians to give them the wrong…

U.S. health experts remind women with gestational diabetes they need to remain vigilant after a baby is born.

Experts at The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases…

Healthy people with a genetic predisposition to Type 2 diabetes gain more weight overeating over the short term than their non-genetically-prone counterparts, say researchers.

In a 28-day study undertaken at…

For the nearly 24 million Americans with diabetes, the cost of medication and other items related to diabetes care can be nearly two and a half times greater than medical costs for those…

In the first study of its type, Australian researchers have shown that healthy people with a genetic predisposition to Type 2 diabetes gain more weight overeating…

In this German prospective representative study of patients with type 2 diabetes, baseline depression predicted problems with medication adherence, problems with health-related behaviors, and unsatisfactory…

Older women with diabetes face more than double the risk for some types of colorectal cancer.

Colorectal cancer is the third leading cause of cancer deaths among women in…

An Australian study that required test subjects to gorge themselves on high-fat snacks has shown how those with a family history of diabetes tend to put on much more weight.

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Black children with type 1 diabetes score higher than whites with similar blood glucose levels on a critical test, potentially leading their physicians to give them the…

Most women with gestational diabetes know that taking steps to manage the disease during pregnancy is critical for the health of both mother and child.…

Early management of type 2 diabetes with an integrated team of specialists, including a dietitian, diabetes educator, endocrinologist, cardiologist, and nephrologist, can significantly reduce the incidence of…

Caveman cuisine is all the rage. Way back in the day, it was just what everybody ate. Now it’s called the Paleolithic diet. Devotees dine on lean meat. They consume a…

Today, 1.7 million Canadians have diabetes. But 10 years from now, there will be 3.7 million.

To give you an idea of how fast diabetes is accelerating, in 1980,…

For many families, diabetes means constant medical care and expensive medication. That coupled with the illness and it is easy to see why depression sets in. For this reason, we are also seeing…

The Tulane School of Medicine is one of the partners participating in the Taking Control of Your Diabetes Conference and Health Fair on Saturday (May 8) at the Pontchartrain Center in Kenner, La. …

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…