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The mechanisms of hypoglycemia-associated autonomic failure (HAAF) in diabetes remain unknown, but several recently uncovered clues suggest the condition can be prevented or its effects minimized, according to this review.

Fewer foot and leg amputations are being performed on people with diabetes, even as rates of the disease are rising in the United States, a new study finds.

Drastic diabetes-related amputations were…

A type of genetic abnormality linked to cancer is more common in people with type 2 diabetes than the rest of the population, a…

In the first step toward animal-to-human transplants of insulin-producing cells for people with type 1 diabetes, Northwestern Medicine® scientists have successfully transplanted islets, the cells that produce…

A threshold based on risk prediction data from a large epidemiological study of type 1 diabetes may help better predict which patients will develop the disease, researchers reported here.

South Asians (from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh) may have to exercise more than white Europeans to achieve the same levels of fitness and reduce…

A study carried out in India examining the safety and efficacy of self-donated (autologous), transplanted bone marrow stem cells in patients with type…

People have differing abilities to release and react to insulin depending on ethnicity, according to a new study from researchers at Lund University in Sweden, Stanford University and Kitasato University.

The…

Patrick Collombat, Inserm Research Director and head of the Avenir team at the Institut de Biologie Valrose in Nice, has published new results concerning Type I diabetes.…

Patients with type 2 diabetes fare significantly better if they are started on three medications at the time of diagnosis than if they are prescribed…

Diabetes-related deaths have fallen dramatically over the past 15 years in Canada and the U.K., but excess mortality persisted and was age dependent, a database analysis found.

In Ontario, the mortality rate ratio…

A decade-long JDRF-funded study led by the Institute of Diabetes Research in Helmholtz Zentrum München, Germany, is providing a deeper understanding of the…

Men who lose sleep during the work week may be able to lower their risk of developing Type 2 diabetes by getting more hours of sleep, according to…

Researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai will present several new studies at ENDO 2013, The Endocrine Society’s Annual Meeting &…

Intestinal bacteria may have a greater influence on us than was previously thought. In a study published in the prestigious journal Nature on 29 May, researchers at the Sahlgrenska Academy,…

Optimal treatment of sleep apnea in patients with prediabetes improves blood sugar (glucose) levels and thus can reduce cardiometabolic risk, according to a study to be presented at…

Injectable nanoparticles developed at MIT may someday eliminate the need for patients with Type 1 diabetes to constantly monitor their blood-sugar levels and inject themselves with insulin.

The nanoparticles were designed to…

Regular marijuana use is associated with favorable indices related to diabetic control, say investigators. They found that current marijuana users had significantly lower fasting insulin and were…

New approaches to applying noninvasive imaging tests such as computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance (MR), and positron emission tomography (PET) may play a bigger role in evaluating and managing…

Individuals with impaired fasting glucose levels – often called prediabetics – appear to have similar cardiovascular risk factors as patients with diabetes, researchers reported here.

In the study, about 36% of patients with…

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have developed a new mouse model that answers the question of what actually happens in the body when type 2 diabetes develops…

Federal funding for health care coverage of children with diabetes varies significantly from state to state across the United States, according to new…

Drinking just one 12-ounce sugar-sweetened soft drink a day can increase the risk of developing type 2 diabetes by up to 22 percent, a European study…

A newly discovered mouse hormone may open the door to better treatment for diabetes, researchers suggested Thursday.

The hormone, called betatrophin, triggers the growth of pancreatic “beta” cells lost or…

High sugar levels in the body come at a cost to health. New research suggests that more sugar in the body could damage the elastic proteins that…