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New research suggests that excess belly fat combined with high stress levels may boost the risk of developing type 2 diabetes in black women, a group disproportionately affected by…

Conclusive proof that diabetes also attacks the mind

Blindness, renal failure, stroke and heart disease are potential complications of type 2 diabetes, which currently afflicts more than 15 million…

Older adults who have impaired glucose tolerance but who are not considered diabetic are at elevated risk for heart disease and may benefit from preventive therapies, according to a new…

Not only do teens with type 1 diabetes have the normal adolescent concerns of school, work and social activities, but they are responsible for taking insulin, monitoring…

A new animal study may help explain why diets high in the sugar fructose have been linked to insulin resistance, a precursor to type 2 diabetes.

Scientists found that…

New findings from the nation’s largest study of diabetes in youth paint an alarming picture of disease on the rise among every racial and ethnic group studied. Five articles appearing…

New findings from the nation’s largest study of diabetes in youth paint an alarming picture of disease on the rise among every racial and ethnic group studied. Five articles…

Research by kinesiology investigator Dustin Hittel, PhD, has proven that muscle in extremely obese individuals produces large amounts of a protein called myostatin, which normally inhibits muscle growth—suggesting that for Type…

Workers with diabetes and obesity improved their absenteeism and disability rate by as much as 87 percent with the help of a lifestyle intervention program administered by…

Treatment with the blood pressure drugs perindopril and indapamide can help prevent kidney problems in patients with type 2 diabetes, according to a report in the Journal of the American…

Scientists funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council have harnessed a new drug discovery tool to identify a new player in the body’s insulin secretion process. This…

For patients with type two diabetes, a combination of two blood-pressure-lowering drugs reduces the risk of kidney disease by about 20 percent—even in patients who don’t have high…

For people with type 2 diabetes, diets high in either monounsaturated fatty acids or carbohydrates are good - as long as the calories they contain are limited.

Dr. Bonnie J.…

WHAT: On Tuesday, March 24th, 2009, the Association will observe the 21st Annual American Diabetes Alert Day – a one-day call to action encouraging all Americans to take the Diabetes Risk…

A few minutes of intense exercise a week is just as good as a half-hour of moderate physical activity a day for reducing a person’s risk of developing type 2…

Diabetics are eight times more likely than non-diabetics to have a lower limb amputated, according to a report published this month in the journal Diabetes Care.

The findings are based…

Giving people with type 2 diabetes the opportunity to help manage their care online can substantially improve their long-term blood sugar control, new research suggests.

Clinic visits alone aren’t enough for…

Results of a recent study conducted by researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center and colleagues show that cognitive functioning abilities drop as average blood…

Eating just one serving of green leafy vegetables or three servings of fruit a day reduces the risk of developing Type II diabetes, say researchers at Tulane School of Public…

Diabetic patients are less likely to suffer from acute respiratory failure during severe sepsis. Researchers writing in BioMed Central’s open access journal Critical Care studied 930 million hospitalisations over a…

Results of a recent study conducted by researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center and colleagues show that cognitive functioning abilities drop as…

About one diabetic in three never fills the doctor’s prescription for antidiabetic medication, according to a study based on a new method of capturing a comprehensive picture of…

Researchers have found what appears to be a major culprit behind the loss of insulin-producing β cells from the pancreases of people with diabetes, a critical event in the…

As glucose levels rise, cognitive function declines in patients who have type 2 diabetes and other cardiovascular risk factors, according to a report in the current issue of Diabetes Care.

Whether…

Infants born with a rare form of inherited diabetes might avoid irreversible damage to their pancreases if they are treated immediately with sulfonylurea drugs…