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Healthy people with a genetic predisposition to Type 2 diabetes gain more weight overeating over the short term than their non-genetically-prone counterparts, say researchers.

In a 28-day study undertaken at…

For the nearly 24 million Americans with diabetes, the cost of medication and other items related to diabetes care can be nearly two and a half times greater than medical costs for those…

In the first study of its type, Australian researchers have shown that healthy people with a genetic predisposition to Type 2 diabetes gain more weight overeating…

In this German prospective representative study of patients with type 2 diabetes, baseline depression predicted problems with medication adherence, problems with health-related behaviors, and unsatisfactory…

Older women with diabetes face more than double the risk for some types of colorectal cancer.

Colorectal cancer is the third leading cause of cancer deaths among women in…

An Australian study that required test subjects to gorge themselves on high-fat snacks has shown how those with a family history of diabetes tend to put on much more weight.

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Black children with type 1 diabetes score higher than whites with similar blood glucose levels on a critical test, potentially leading their physicians to give them the…

Most women with gestational diabetes know that taking steps to manage the disease during pregnancy is critical for the health of both mother and child.…

Early management of type 2 diabetes with an integrated team of specialists, including a dietitian, diabetes educator, endocrinologist, cardiologist, and nephrologist, can significantly reduce the incidence of…

Caveman cuisine is all the rage. Way back in the day, it was just what everybody ate. Now it’s called the Paleolithic diet. Devotees dine on lean meat. They consume a…

Today, 1.7 million Canadians have diabetes. But 10 years from now, there will be 3.7 million.

To give you an idea of how fast diabetes is accelerating, in 1980,…

For many families, diabetes means constant medical care and expensive medication. That coupled with the illness and it is easy to see why depression sets in. For this reason, we are also seeing…

The Tulane School of Medicine is one of the partners participating in the Taking Control of Your Diabetes Conference and Health Fair on Saturday (May 8) at the Pontchartrain Center in Kenner, La. …

Yesterday, I chaired and spoke at the opening session of the 1st Canadian National Summit on Metabolic Surgery, currently being held in Montreal, Quebec.

I reminded the audience that diabetes currently affects…

A test used to monitor long-term blood sugar levels in diabetes patients may give deceptively high results for children with an African background, researchers say. The misleading results could lead to…

According to one online report, Men with diabetes suffer more from some diabetes-related health problems than women.

In people who develop diabetes before the age of 30, men develop…

Professors at NAU and in Tucson are investigating whether type 1 diabetics might suffer more from mild altitude sickness, including on jetliners and when hiking the San Francisco Peaks.

The researchers plan to…

We know that skimping on sleep gives many of us heavy eyes and sends us on an early afternoon run for a large coffee (or, for those with an iron stomach who don’t…

Diabetes is today, one of the most wide spread diseases that affects people all over the world. Diabetes is caused if your body is unable to produce the desired…

Controlling gestational diabetes can not be possible with some women. But there are ways to lower the risk in developing gestational diabetes in most women.

Gestational diabetes…

Diabetes control natural treatments are currently being studied in many…

If there is one good piece of news in regard to learning about diabetes it is that Type 1 diabetes mellitus is a condition that does not affect too many…

Israeli researchers announced they have found a genetic connection between stress and diabetes, offering some hope towards fighting a related problem: overeating.

“We showed that the actions of a single gene in just one…

The first thing the patient needs to be educated in any illness is the other complications at which he is more prone to because of this illness. The same holds true with diabetes.…

A diagnosis of diabetes means lifestyle changes are in order, but where does one begin?

It’s important to get information from reliable sources, such as websites of The American Diabetes…