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Diabetics who were prescribed newer medications to control their illness were more likely to take these drugs as instructed than were other patients who were prescribed…

Contraception with depot medroxyprogesterone acetate is associated with an increase in the risk of diabetes in some Latino women with prior pregnancy-related or “gestational” diabetes, a study hints.

Up to 75 percent of the increase in body weight that can occur in patients with type 2 diabetes who are treated with pioglitazone is from water retention, researchers report…

Standard blood-pressure-lowering treatment to reduce dangerously enlarged hearts is much less effective and less beneficial in diabetic vs. nondiabetic patients, a team led by NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical…

There may be a silver lining for kids who develop type 1 diabetes at a young age. They seem to be much less likely than children with later…

The attention span of diabetic children in the classroom appears to improve when their blood sugar levels are stabilized, researchers from Arizona State University in Tempe report.

Dr. David L. Wodrich and…

A computerized system that tells primary care physicians how well they are managing blood sugar levels in their diabetic patients seems to improve diabetes control, new research suggests.

Proper blood sugar…

Thiazolidinediones (TZD’s) are drugs commonly prescribed to patients with type 2 diabetes, the most common form of diabetes. Current U.S. Food and Drug Administration-approved agents are…

People with diabetes who keep their blood sugar in check today will probably have a far lower chance of developing foot pain or other nerve damage tomorrow, according…

Gestational diabetes mellitus appears to increase the risk of developing diabetes later in life, Finnish investigators report in Diabetes Care.

Dr. Juha S. Tapanainen, of Oulu University Hospital, Finland, and colleagues…

Diabetes strongly increases the risk of heart failure in all ethnic groups, but early effects of diabetes on the heart may differ depending on whether the subjects are white,…

Diabetes strongly increases the risk of heart failure in all ethnic groups, but early effects of diabetes on the heart may differ depending on whether the subjects are…

In overweight, pre-diabetic women, intensive lifestyle intervention to prevent diabetes also results in a lower risk of urinary incontinence, a new study shows.

“Less-frequent urinary incontinence may be a powerful…

Among people with diabetes, there’s a danger that too much insulin can lower blood sugar levels too far, which can lead to coma in severe cases. While this is…

A compound found in marijuana won’t make you high but it may help keep your eyes healthy if you’re a diabetic, researchers say.

Early studies indicate cannabidiol works as a…

A team of researchers from the University of Alberta, the Yerkes National Primate Research Center of Emory University and the Emory Transplant Center has successfully transplanted insulin-producing neonatal…

Holding that side of fries might help thwart type 2 diabetes, new research suggests.

In a long-term study of nearly 85,000 U.S. women, researchers at Harvard University found that those…

A team of researchers in the U.S. have successfully reversed diabetes in monkeys using transplanted islet cells from pigs.

The researchers at the University of Minnesota’s Diabetes Institute for Immunology and…

Smoking leads to major changes in the absorption of the newly approved inhaled insulin, Exubera, German and US researchers warn.

“These findings, which are consistent with other studies conducted to…

Research suggests that women with type 1 or insulin-dependent diabetes have decreased sexual function and increased sexual distress during the second half of the menstrual cycle after ovulation and before menstruation…

Drugmaker Bristol-Myers Squibb is warning against the use of the antibiotic drug Tequin in diabetic patients after reports of several fatalities, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Thursday.

The…

Better metabolic control of type 2 diabetes can lead to improved “working memory” - the type of memory people use to keep information in their minds for short-periods of time and…

Several years after participating in a clinical trial of intensive diabetes therapy, patients assigned this treatment still showed improvements in neuropathy symptoms, according to a report Diabetes Care.

The study involved 1,257…

Moderate consumption of caffeinated or decaffeinated coffee may lower the risk of type 2 diabetes in middle-aged and younger women, according to a new report.

Dr. Rob M. van…

Women with type 2 diabetes who incorporate more whole grains, bran, and cereal fiber into their diets may reduce their risk of heart disease, according to a new study.

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