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Two new studies presented at the Experimental Biology Annual Meeting suggest that an all-natural dietary supplement made from citrus may help people with type 2 diabetes lower their…

New research monitoring the effects of Islet cell transplantation resulted in near-normal metabolic control and decreased hypoglycemia. This research will be presented at the American Association of Clinical…

Scientists at the Toronto General Hospital Research Institute have discovered a novel signaling pathway between three organs – the gut, the brain, and the liver – which lowers blood sugar when…

Scientists have discovered a new technique for turning embryonic stem cells into insulin-producing pancreatic tissue in what could prove a significant breakthrough in the quest to find new treatments for diabetes.

An international collaboration of scientists from Europe and the US has identified six new genes which play a role in the development of type 2…

U.S. and European scientists have found six more genes that make people more susceptible to developing type 2 diabetes, in a study they say may help prevent and treat the…

People who have diabetes encounter a faster loss of lung capacity than those who do not have diabetes, a finding that may have implications for the potential use of inhaled insulin,…

Testosterone deficiency, previously recognized as common in men with type 2 diabetes, is also common in men with type 1 diabetes according to a new study…

Hospitalizations of adult Hispanics for diabetes-related foot or leg amputations rose sharply between 2001 and 2004, according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

Leg…

Mathematicians at Michigan Technological University have developed powerful new tools for winnowing out the genes behind some of humanity’s most intractable diseases.

With one, they can cast back…

A study by a New York University dental research team has discovered evidence that pregnant women with periodontal (gum) disease are more likely to develop…

Men with diabetes are at increased risk for bothersome lower urinary tract symptoms and frequent nighttime urination or “nocturia,” investigators have shown. This is particularly true for black men with…

Impaired cognitive function at age 11 appears to be associated with an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes later in life, a study indicates.

“Type 2 diabetes is…

Research carried out by scientists at the Peninsula Medical School in the South West of England has found that resveratrol, a compound present naturally in grape skin, can protect…

For patients with type 1 diabetes, increased levels of uric acid in the blood may be an early sign of diabetic kidney disease—appearing before any significant change…

Older diabetics with complications and insulin users with tight blood sugar control have an increased risk of falling, the results of a new study suggest.

The researchers found that among 446…

Researchers have discovered how diabetes, by driving inflammation and slowing blood flow, dramatically accelerates atherosclerosis, according to research to be published in the March 14 edition of the…

Vitamin D supplements in early childhood may ward off the development of type 1 diabetes in later life, reveals a research review published ahead of print in…

People who live with diabetes on a daily basis are usually instructed to eat right, maintain regular physical activity, and if necessary, take medication. What many may…

Weight-loss and major lifestyle changes may be more effective than intensive insulin therapy for overweight patients with poorly controlled, insulin-resistant type 2 diabetes, according to a…

The rate of childhood obesity in the United States has more than doubled in the past 20 years, bringing with it more children at risk for…

It may soon be possible to take a simple blood test and predict whether or not someone has low levels of a particular molecule,…

Children with type 1 diabetes have a difficult time recognizing warning signs that their blood sugar has fallen to dangerously low levels, and their parents do even worse,…

Growing evidence shows that surgery may effectively cure Type 2 diabetes - an approach that not only may change the way the disease is treated, but that introduces…

Patients with diabetes who undergo either knee or hip replacement surgery are more likely to suffer complications than patients without diabetes. Those results were announced today at the 75th Annual…