health.am

A program that gets employers, pharmacists and people with diabetes to work together to reign in skyrocketing diabetes-related health care costs as well as improve patient health is showing promise, according to…

There appears to be an increased awareness of the need to get our nation’s youth moving and eating well—schools are taking a critical look at the…

It has so far not been proven that long-acting insulin analogues (LAIAs) have an advantage over conventional human insulin in the treatment of patients…

People with type 2 diabetes who are trying to bulk up on fiber may need to pay closer attention to their calcium intake as well, a small study suggests.

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) released a pair of plain-language guides for consumers and clinicians comparing the efficacy, effectiveness, and side effects of newer premixed…

People with diabetes who feel they have better control over life events are more likely to take good care of themselves and to believe they have the condition…

Scientists in China are reporting development of a low-calorie, low-sugar vegetable juice custom-designed for millions of individuals with diabetes and pre-diabetic conditions that involve abnormally…

The amount of calcium your body absorbs might depend, in part, on the amount of dietary fiber you consume.

Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center report that patients with…

Heart bypass surgery may be less dangerous for older patients with diabetes than angioplasty, researchers reported on Thursday.

Overall, there was not much difference, they reported in the Lancet medical…

New research shows that type 2 diabetes occurs significantly more often in Native Hawaiians, Latinos, African-Americans, and Japanese-Americans than in whites, regardless of body weight - suggesting, the researchers…

Treatment with fenofibrate, a cholesterol-lowering drug, reduces the risk of heart disease in patients with type 2 diabetes and components of the metabolic syndrome, researchers report in the journal Diabetes Care.

A new risk score developed using medical records from more than 3 million people accurately predicts the likelihood of developing type 2 diabetes within 10 years, researchers report.

The assessment tool,…

The prevalence of diabetes is at least twice as high in some ethnic groups as it is in whites, even among people with similar body mass index (BMI) numbers,…

Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) is commonly associated with smell of rotten eggs, stink bombs and blocked drains but lower blood levels of the gas are possibly linked to cardiovascular complications in…

People with diabetes may fall into one of three groups based on how they take care of themselves, new research shows.

Doctors treating diabetic patients should take note…

Pre-diabetes, a condition in which blood sugar levels are occasionally abnormal, is associated with a number of metabolic changes that can promote heart disease and stroke, according to a report in the…

People who get fewer than six hours of sleep at night are prone to abnormal blood sugar levels, possibly putting them at risk for diabetes, U.S. researchers…

People who sleep less than six hours a night appear to have a higher risk of developing impaired fasting glucose — a condition that can precede…

A group of scientists in California is trying to develop a cheaper, less invasive way to spot the early stages of retinal damage from diabetic retinopathy, the leading cause of blindness in…

Teenagers with type 1 diabetes may have a tougher time managing their blood sugar on days when they are feeling angry or down, a new study suggests.

The findings, published…

An analysis of data from the Health Professionals Follow-up Study confirms that men with diabetes mellitus are less prone to develop prostate cancer than their diabetes-free peers.

According to a…

Metabolic disorders such as obesity and diabetes appear to share risk factors with and may influence the development of Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia, according to…

Are you curious about how much money your company loses each year paying for poor care for diabetes? If so, the Agency for Healthcare Research and…

Two studies published on Thursday provide evidence that common viruses may cause childhood diabetes, paving the way for potential vaccines against the life-threatening condition, researchers said.

One team showed…

Scientists from Cambridge University have discovered four rare mutations of a gene associated with type 1 diabetes (T1D) that reduce the risk of…