health.am

IDDM, which used to be referred to as Type 1 diabetes, results from selective destruction of insulin-producing pancreatic islet beta cells by the body’s immune…

Persons with diabetes who develop an infection are at a 55-fold greater risk for hospitalization, and an alarming 154-fold greater risk for amputation.

These are some of the startling figures…

The prevalence of diagnosed diabetes in U.S. adults age 20 and older has risen from about 5.1 percent to 6.5 percent, according to researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and…

Young people with type 2 diabetes are more likely to have high blood pressure and signs of kidney damage than their counterpart who have type 1 diabetes, even though…

Children with type 1 diabetes, who have to take multiple injections of insulin, can safely mix rapid-acting and long-acting insulin analogs in the same syringe without compromising long-term control of…

More than one out of every three individuals in the United States have diabetes and another 26 percent have impaired fasting glucose, which increases the risk of developing diabetes, new study…

A potentially ground-breaking treatment for nerve damage caused by diabetes has shown promising results in preclinical and early patient trials.

The University of Manchester team has discovered that injection of a…

Researchers funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and the Canadian Diabetes Association (CDA) have identified an unsuspected role of a protein named SHP-1…

According to newly published study more than 73 million Americans, one-third of the adult population either already have diabetes and don’t even know they have it or are…

Researchers funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and the Canadian Diabetes Association (CDA) have identified an unsuspected role of a protein named SHP-1 that…

Women with type 2 or non-insulin dependent diabetes have an 80 percent increased risk of developing colorectal adenomas - growths or polyps that can become cancerous, a team from Washington…

Insulin uses two distinct mechanisms to control glucose and the metabolism of blood fats (lipids) in the liver, a new Joslin Diabetes Center-led study…

Researchers at Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas and the Baylor Research Institute have developed a novel technique to deliver insulin genes to the pancreas, the organ that produces…

Researchers at Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas and the Baylor Research Institute have developed a novel technique to deliver insulin genes to the pancreas, the…

Diuretics and beta-blockers, used to treat hypertension, are associated with an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes, new findings indicate.

“The relation between the use of different classes…

IDDM, which used to be referred to as Type 1 diabetes, results from selective destruction of insulin-producing pancreatic islet beta cells by the body’s immune system.

Islet beta…

A new national health study funded by the Australia’s National Health and Medical Research Council (NH&MRC), industry and state governments released by the International Diabetes Institute in Melbourne shows diabetes is hitting up to…

Researchers have identified a variation in a gene that is associated with type 1 diabetes, the form of the disease in which insulin production by the pancreas is deficient.

The…

A range of factors, from self-confidence to stress to body weight, can make the difference between taking up exercise or staying on the couch, according to a new study.

Researchers…

Ghrelin, a hormone long considered a key player in obesity, may instead take a major role in maintaining the balance between insulin and glucose and the development of diabetes, said Baylor…

Many adolescents and young adults with diabetes have diets that fall far short of what’s recommended to help manage their disease, according to a new study.

While their eating habits…

A University of Houston professor and his student have made a major discovery in the field of diabetes research and diagnosis, finding a new mechanism for the formation of insulin…

No change has been seen in the last three decades in the occurrence of some serious complications of type 1 diabetes, such as heart disease and retina damage, new research…

In a painstaking set of experiments in overweight mice, scientists from the University of Wisconsin-Madison have discovered a gene that…

People with Type 2 diabetes aged between 35 and 54 are over three times more likely to die than those without the condition according to research published in the…