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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…

The etiological heterogeneity of idiopathic diabetes has been recognized for 25 years, and subdivision into type 1 and type 2 diabetes is fundamental to the way we think about the disease.…

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…

A structured group education programme for people with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes can successfully change patients’ attitudes and behaviour towards their condition and improve…

Conventional thinking among doctors who treat people with type 2 diabetes has been the lower the blood sugar levels, the better.

Many doctors are now taking a second look.

A…

Due to the success of the first three years of the American College of Physicians (ACP) and the American College of Physicians Foundation (ACPF) Diabetes Initiative, the program has received additional funding…

The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health has stopped one treatment within a large, ongoing North American clinical…

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This study was designed to determine the rate of diabetes up to 13 years after pregnancies complicated by gestational diabetes and to identify risk factors…

Even low-intensity group support helps motivate young American Indian women to hit the produce aisle, a new study suggests. After participating, these women reported upping…

The annual number of Americans older than 65 newly diagnosed with diabetes increased by 23 percent between 1994 to 1995 and 2003 to 2004, according to a report in the…

Daily consumption of caffeine in coffee, tea or soft drinks increases blood sugar levels for people with type 2 diabetes and may undermine efforts to control their disease, say scientists at…

An anti-inflammatory drug similar to aspirin may provide an inexpensive means of treating and/or reducing the risk for diabetes in obese young adults by reducing glycemia and lowering…

Cambridge scientists are advocating additional research into the little understood links between environmental pollution and type 2 diabetes.

In the most recent edition of the Lancet, Drs. Oliver Jones…

In the Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle Study (AusDiab), participants with impaired fasting glucose, a condition considered pre-diabetes, after five years were more than twice as likely to die of…

Many have touted whole grain foods as a way to prevent type 2 diabetes, and a new review finds a reduction in risk for people who consume…

Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is carbohydrate intolerance with onset or first recognition during pregnancy. This diagnosis is independent of insulin use or persistence of the condition after the pregnancy and does not apply to…

Recent data show that gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) prevalence has increased by ~10–100% in several race/ethnicity groups during the past 20 years. A true increase in the prevalence of GDM, aside…