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People diagnosed with diabetes spend over $4,100 more each year on medical costs than people who don’t have diabetes, a gap that increases substantially each year following…

Older adults who take the diabetes medication rosiglitazone appear to have a higher risk of death and heart failure than those taking the related medication pioglitazone, according to…

November ushers in American Diabetes Month – not only a time to be thankful for bustling basic and clinical research underway on the disease, but also the unofficial start of…

Bradford Miller has had diabetes for nine years, and he knows the importance of quick treatment for related problems such as swelling and numbness in the feet.

“Knowing some of…

Discussion of a man’s background, attitude, and sexual history isn’t just the fodder of Sex and The City episodes – in the future, it could also be a…

People with Alzheimer’s disease who also have diabetes or high blood pressure may die sooner than people without such disorders, according to a study…

Sugar is naturally present in the blood in the form of glucose and is stored in the liver or adipose tissue (fat) thanks to the action of insulin. Glucose is stored or directly…

America’s tweens and teens more than doubled their use of type 2 diabetes medications between 2002 and 2005, with girls between 10 and 14 years of age showing a…

A progressively more complex and expensive array of treatments for type 2 diabetes is being prescribed to an increasing number of adults, according to a report in the October 27 issue…

The things that people really fear aren’t all that likely to happen to them - unlike diabetes, which affects nearly 24 million people. According to a new survey by the American Diabetes…

Researchers at the University of Virginia and sites across the globe are testing a computerized, subcutaneous system that could one day transform the way Type 1 diabetics manage…

Do you ever feel burning, tingling or numbness in your feet and toes? The American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons (ACFAS) warns against ignoring these symptoms. They could be…

The use of an antimalarial medication may prevent the development of diabetes in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, according to research presented this…

A molecule called interleukin-6 has opened new doors for the creation of new drugs against obesity and diabetes. These are the conclusions of an international…

Although the likelihood of having diabetes diagnosed is increased around the time Parkinson’s disease is identified, diabetes does not appear to increase the risk of Parkinson’s disease, according to…

Genetics researchers have identified two novel gene locations that raise the risk of type 1 diabetes. As they continue to reveal pieces of the complicated genetic puzzle for…

A protein made by the liver in response to inflammation and used to treat patients suffering from a genetic form of emphysema has been shown to restore…

Visual impairment appears to be more common in people with diabetes than in those without the disease, according to a report in the October issue of Archives of Ophthalmology.…

About one third of young adult men with type 2 diabetes have low testosterone levels, research shows.

The potential implications for men, in terms of their sexual and reproductive…

Doctors have long encouraged patients with diabetes to exercise regularly to help control their insulin levels and to maintain a healthy weight. Now, breast oncologists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute…

Mayo Clinic researchers have found what may provide a solution to one of the more troubling complications of diabetes - delayed gastric emptying or gastroparesis. The researchers showed in…

Being anxious may be good for your health, at least if you have risk factors for type 2 diabetes, new research shows.

Among 204 patients newly diagnosed with the disease,…

An enormous amount of research has been dedicated to unraveling the pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes mellitus over the last 30 years. While a large number of reviews have been devoted to its description,…

A large number of genome-wide scans has been performed. Since initial positive findings have been replicated for over 20 genomic regions, the search for the genes responsible for the association with diabetes has proven to…

The fact that more than half of obese insulin-resistant subjects will never develop diabetes points to susceptibility for the disease in some humans, while protective factors against the disease are present…