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Diabetes has reached virtually epidemic levels in the modern world. In 2005 the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated that about 7 percent of the American population (20.9 million people) had diabetes -…

A new Cochrane review finds that following a low glycemic index diet helps people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes to improve their blood glucose (blood sugar) control…

Finding simpler ways to deliver insulin into the blood stream is one important avenue for tackling the diabetes epidemic that is sweeping the developed world.

The preferred option for many patients would be…

New research shows that teenagers who are moderately active burn more calories and metabolize blood sugar more efficiently than their sedentary peers - a fact that may protect…

A new gene variant influences fasting glucose levels via the melatonin metabolism

Neuherberg, January 16., 2009. An international research team with German participation including Helmholtz Zentrum München, among…

Many people with type 2 diabetes may be skeptical about the safety and effectiveness of their medications, African Americans in particular, a new study suggests.

What’s more, researchers found, study…

Scientists in Oregon and India are reporting an advance toward developing the first saliva test to diagnose and monitor effectiveness of treatment for Type 2 diabetes. Their report…

More than 20 million Americans are living with diabetes, and that number is expected to increase by more than 5 million by 2010. One…

A benchmarking study published in the Journal of Hospital Medicine evaluated contemporary hospital glycemic management in United States academic medical centers, determining glucose control practices…

Among people who develop type 1 diabetes, the age it starts tends to be later if their parents have type 2 diabetes, Finnish researchers have found.

Type 1…

Type 2 diabetes usually resolves in extremely obese adolescents who undergo weight loss surgery, according to a review of 11 such patients treated at five centers in the United…

Children and teenagers with type 1 diabetes may have a particularly high rate of deficiency in bone-building vitamin D, a small study suggests.

The findings, say researchers, underscore the importance…

A slow, chronic reduction of blood sugar to the brain could trigger some forms of Alzheimer’s disease, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday.

The study of human and mice brains…

Following gestational diabetes, a type of diabetes that developments during pregnancy and usually goes away after pregnancy, treatment with metformin or intensive lifestyle interventions can prevent or delay diabetes from becoming permanent…

Persons with type 2 diabetes who had a diet high in low-glycemic foods such as nuts, beans and lentils had greater improvement in glycemic control and…

Patients with diabetes at the time of a cancer diagnosis have an increased risk of death compared to patients without diabetes, according to a…

A study in the Dec. 15 issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine suggests that screening type 2 diabetes patients for obstructive sleep apnea…

Type 1 (juvenile) diabetes and celiac disease appear to share a common genetic origin, scientists at the University of Cambridge and Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry,…

Overweight siblings of children with type 2 diabetes are four times more likely to have abnormal glucose levels compared to other overweight…

Neonatal diabetes is a rare form of diabetes that is usually detected within the first six months of life. Approximately 50% of cases of neonatal diabetes are caused by mutations in either the KIR6.2…

Diabetes and high levels of blood sugar may be linked to abnormalities in a person’s body clock and sleep patterns, according to a genome-wide association…

Scientists have identified 12 new genes that are somewhat strange bedfellows: Some link gallstones and blood cholesterol levels, others link melatonin and sleep patterns to small…

In a study of adult patients at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, nearly one in five had blood test results suggesting they had unrecognized diabetes, investigators report in the Journal…

Young adults who were exposed to diabetes in the womb appear to be at increased risk for developing diabetes at an early age.

In the SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth Study…

Vitamin K slowed the development of insulin resistance in elderly men in a study of 355 non-diabetic men and women ages 60 to 80 who completed a three-year…