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New research from Mount Sinai School of Medicine has found that the price in New York and New Jersey of the medications most commonly prescribed for patients with…

According to a research abstract that will be presented on Monday, June 8, at SLEEP 2009, the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep…

Diabetes experts on Friday urged a switch to a diagnostic test for the disease that’s more useful to primary care doctors and more convenient for patients because it doesn’t require…

Women with type 1 diabetes should keep their blood glucose levels well controlled before they become pregnant, in order to minimize the risk of serious adverse pregnancy outcomes, results of a large Danish…

The anti-cholesterol drug fenofibrate appears to reduce risks of amputation for diabetics by as much as 36 percent, a study has found.

The study was published by The Lancet in…

Adolescents have more difficulty adjusting to life with insulin-dependent (type 1) diabetes when stressed over poorly controlled blood sugar levels or when apprehensive about giving themselves insulin shots, researchers have found.

Scientists in Sydney and Boston believe they may have identified a gene that controls abnormal production of sugar in the liver, a very troublesome problem for people with diabetes.

The liver…

The eyes may be the window into the soul, but they may also contain important medical information. According to new research to be presented at the American Thoracic Society’s 105th…

Increased physical activity may help adolescents with type 1 diabetes better manage their disease, but wearing a pedometer and receiving motivational text messages do not appear to get them moving,…

People with type 2 diabetes have an almost three-fold higher risk of acute pancreatitis (inflammation of the pancreas) and two-fold greater risk of biliary disease (disease of the gallbladder…

Girls with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes are more likely to have structural and functional cardiac abnormalities than are their healthy peers or even girls with type 1 diabetes, according…

Signs and symptoms of type 2 diabetes can present themselves as long as 10 years before diagnosis and most people have no idea before the damage is…

People with diabetes are prone to develop kidney damage that warrants a transplant, but they do best ultimately when they are given a simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplant rather than a kidney graft…

Contrary to what several studies have shown, the results of a nationwide study of Danish children suggest that antibiotic use does not affect the development of type 1…

Research promoting a painless new method for detecting diabetes, utilizing saliva, will be revealed Friday, May 15, at the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) 18th Annual Meeting…

A drug used to reduce sugar levels in diabetics appears to be useful in delaying or even preventing the disease in people predisposed to developing diabetes, a study in Japan…

The results of a study published in the American Journal of Medicine suggest there is an association between aspirin use and a decreased risk of developing type…

Researchers at Université Laval’s Faculty of Medicine have found that people who sleep too much or not enough are at greater risk of developing type 2 diabetes…

People with type 1 diabetes who got stem cell transplants were able to go as long as four years without needing insulin treatments, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.

They said…

The use of pancreatic islets (hormone-producing cells) is increasing in diabetes research and may play an important role in future treatments, according to an article in the…

Bezafibrate, a drug widely used in the UK to treat high cholesterol, appears to also prevent or delay the development of type 2 diabetes, according to results of…

Middle-aged and older adults who drink diet soda everyday may have a heightened risk of developing type 2 diabetes, a new study suggests.

The study, of more than 5,000…

A larger hip circumference is associated with a reduced risk of diabetes and heart disease, hints new research published this month.

Among 10,767 people who were followed from 1987 to…

Diets rich in saturated and trans fats and low in polyunsaturated fats are associated with thinking or “cognitive” problems in women with diabetes, according to new report.

Prior research has…

A Web-based program can help people with type 2 diabetes become more active, a pilot study shows.

More than 60 percent of people with type 2 diabetes don’t meet recommendations…