A study by a New York University dental research team has discovered evidence that pregnant women with periodontal (gum) disease are more likely to develop…

Men with diabetes are at increased risk for bothersome lower urinary tract symptoms and frequent nighttime urination or “nocturia,” investigators have shown. This is particularly true for black men with…

Impaired cognitive function at age 11 appears to be associated with an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes later in life, a study indicates.

“Type 2 diabetes is…

Research carried out by scientists at the Peninsula Medical School in the South West of England has found that resveratrol, a compound present naturally in grape skin, can protect…

For patients with type 1 diabetes, increased levels of uric acid in the blood may be an early sign of diabetic kidney disease—appearing before any significant change…

Older diabetics with complications and insulin users with tight blood sugar control have an increased risk of falling, the results of a new study suggest.

The researchers found that among 446…

Researchers have discovered how diabetes, by driving inflammation and slowing blood flow, dramatically accelerates atherosclerosis, according to research to be published in the March 14 edition of the…

Vitamin D supplements in early childhood may ward off the development of type 1 diabetes in later life, reveals a research review published ahead of print in…

People who live with diabetes on a daily basis are usually instructed to eat right, maintain regular physical activity, and if necessary, take medication. What many may…

Weight-loss and major lifestyle changes may be more effective than intensive insulin therapy for overweight patients with poorly controlled, insulin-resistant type 2 diabetes, according to a…

The rate of childhood obesity in the United States has more than doubled in the past 20 years, bringing with it more children at risk for…

It may soon be possible to take a simple blood test and predict whether or not someone has low levels of a particular molecule,…

Children with type 1 diabetes have a difficult time recognizing warning signs that their blood sugar has fallen to dangerously low levels, and their parents do even worse,…

Growing evidence shows that surgery may effectively cure Type 2 diabetes - an approach that not only may change the way the disease is treated, but that introduces…

Patients with diabetes who undergo either knee or hip replacement surgery are more likely to suffer complications than patients without diabetes. Those results were announced today at the 75th Annual…

A type of light therapy involving infrared energy is no more effective than sham therapy for treating nerve damage, or neuropathy, in people with diabetes, according to a study reported…

The incidence of type 2 diabetes is rising, especially in urbanized parts of the world where sedentary lifestyles and obesity abound. In addition to weight…

Doubt has been cast over the current practice of administering intensive insulin therapy to all critically ill patients, according to a study published this week in the…

American Diabetes Association urges the over 60 million Americans who are unaware they have diabetes or are at risk for developing type 2 diabetes to take the Diabetes…

A new study led by researchers at the Joslin Diabetes Center has found that women with type 1 diabetes who reported taking less insulin than prescribed had a three-fold increased risk…

Researchers who examined blood test records in a survey of over 3.6 million patient records held by UK GP surgeries have found thousands of cases…

Type 1 diabetes, formerly called insulin-dependent diabetes, juvenile diabetes or childhood-onset diabetes, affects 1 to 2 million people in the U.S. and millions more worldwide. In this country, it…

The standard test for measuring blood sugar control in people with diabetes is not accurate in those on kidney hemodialysis, according to new research at Wake Forest…

A drug approved for the treatment of arthritis may have a role in reducing the risk of diabetes and heart trouble developing in young obese individuals, Harvard researchers…

Optimal prevention of young-onset type 2 diabetes requires identification of the early-life modifiable risk factors. We aimed to do this using longitudinal data in 1,604 5- to 19-year-old initially nondiabetic…