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Waist circumference gives a better prediction of diabetes risk than does BMI. This is the conclusion drawn by Silke Feller and her colleagues from the…

The alarming increase of morbidly obese diabetics is causing more new cases of a debilitating foot deformity called Charcot foot.

Charcot foot can make walking difficult or impossible, and in…

Named for the furballs whose astonishing fecundity made them stars in early Star Trek episodes, the tribbles protein, first identified in fruit flies, aids in regulating many cell processes in humans.…

Keeping blood sugar close to normal and taking drugs to hold down blood levels of cholesterol and other fats can help people with diabetes avoid the potentially…

Believe it or not, more than a million Britons are unaware that they are living with type 2 diabetes, a new study has revealed.

The study by Diabetes Health Intelligence has…

This is the VOA Special English Health Report.

Rice is an important part of many people’s diets. Researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health in Massachusetts have released a…

The statistics are astounding. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), 23.6 million adults and children have diabetes in the United States. The lingering question remains: what do you, as a patient,…

In recent years, doctors have focused on the growing rate of diabetes among children and young people.  But the most common kind of diabetes, type II, is more prevalent as people grow…

In people with longstanding type 2 diabetes who are at high risk for heart attack and stroke, lowering blood sugar to near-normal…

Medtronic Inc’s insulin pump and monitoring device controlled blood glucose levels better than multiple daily injections in patients with type 1 diabetes, according to a large post-market study.

Adult and pediatric…

Neuherberg, Düsseldorf, June, 28. 2010. An international consortium including Helmholtz Zentrum München and the German Diabetes Center, Düsseldorf has identified 12 new gene variants which…

Investigators are reporting early promising results with a program that trains lay volunteers to help people with diabetes achieve better control of their blood sugar.

The…

Obesity and weight gain increase the risk for diabetes in the elderly, but the association is not as strong after age 75 as it is for younger adults, a…

Children of mothers whose blood glucose (sugar) was high during pregnancy are more likely to have low insulin sensitivity—a risk factor for type 2…

Next time you order takeout wonton soup and a spicy Number 82, you might want to make sure it comes with brown rice.

Brown rice is a whole grain —…

Drug developer Depomed Inc (DEPO.O) said it will recall 52 lots of its diabetes drug Glumetza due to the presence of traces of a certain chemical in the tablet’s 500…

Nearly two million Canadians will be diagnosed with diabetes over the next decade as the number of people considered overweight increases, according to a study released yesterday.

The study, conducted…

An egg a day for breakfast probably won’t increase your likelihood of developing type 2 diabetes, according to a new study.

In the study, researchers failed to see a…

A new consensus statement of experts assembled by the American Diabetes Association and the American Cancer Society reviews emerging evidence that suggests cancer incidence is associated with diabetes as…

A new test to diagnose diabetes, recommended earlier this year by the American Diabetes Association, may not work well in black Americans, according to new research.

The…

The Coastal Bend Diabetes Initiative has been fighting the area’s diabetes problem for three years.

But being recently labeled America’s fattest city by Men’s Health magazine, based in…

Adding fenofibrate to statin therapy fails to reduce cardiovascular events in patients with type 2 diabetes, according to results of the first trial to evaluate combination therapy presented…

SCARBOROUGH health trust has scored highly in a recent report which compares diabetes services for children and young people across the region.

The report, undertaken by the University of…

Diabetes can lead to a decline in memory, thinking speed, and mental flexibility in middle age, but controlling the blood sugar disorder might prevent some of these effects,…

When you or someone you love has diabetes, you discover that you must think about a part of life that others take for granted. You are constantly striving to reach a subtle balance between…