Endocrinology

A diet rich in highly alkaline fruits and vegetables helps reduce a marker of kidney injury and preserve kidney function in patients with chronic kidney disease.

Use of peritoneal dialysis in patients with end-stage renal disease is declining due to lack of physician training and awareness, financial disincentives, and other factors. However, with proper patient and provider education, it is possible to grow a successful peritoneal dialysis program.

Consuming 200 milligrams or more of caffeine per day-roughly equivalent to two cups of coffee-can either increase or decrease a woman's estrogen level, depending on her ethnic background and the source of the caffeine, a study from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) finds.

Promising initial results from a Phase 3 trial of DiaPep277 have raised hopes that an alternative to insulin may soon be available to treat type 1 diabetes.

According to a nationwide review of data from the in-patient register, 31 of the 33 autoimmune diseases studied were associated with an increased risk of pulmonary embolism (a blood clot on the lung), including type 1 diabetes.

In honor of Diabetes Awareness Month, the ADA put together video clips of health care professionals pledging to stop diabetes.

Scientists at Stanford University have identified a pathway responsible for age-related beta cell decline.

The FDA today approved Juvisync, the first combination drug developed to treat type 2 diabetes and high cholesterol.

A recent study has found that it can be very difficult for children who suffer from both type 1 diabetes and asthma to regulate their blood sugar.

Two drugs which treat type 2 diabetes could lead to a substantially increased risk of pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer.

The FDA has approved an update of the drug label of Reclast due to new evidence showing that it may increase the risk of kidney failure.

Birth control pills have the potential to reduce a woman's bone density.

A recent study has found that a woman's chance of suffering from premature menopause is connected to her socioeconomic class.

A recent study has discovered that early treatment with the diabetes drug metformin may prevent or delay the development of PCOS in young girls.

Real-time blood sugar and insulin infusion data displayed in the electronic medical record allows physicians to tailor treatment and get more patients to goal.

Dr. Trevor Orchard previews what he will be discussing during his presentation on cardiovascular disease in patients with type 1 diabetes at the ADA meeting.

Irregular periods in teenage girls may be linked to obesity, diabetes, reproductive issues, and heart disease.

A common, tiny tropical fish plays a key role in a new model for Cushing disease.

Experts agree that obesity prevention should begin before children enter school, but how early?

New incretin-based therapy should be used with diet and exercise to lower blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes.

The brain's hypothalamus plays a key role in obesity and one of its major complications – type 2 diabetes.

A new study of older diabetes patients has found that the very lowest blood sugar levels were associated with a small but significant increased risk of death.

Increase in key hormone adiponectin linked to fat-burning, better insulin sensitivity.

A new study had found that age-specific hip fracture rates have decreased in some regions while increasing in others over the last 18 years.

Study shows that elevated BMI in adolescence can predict type 2 diabetes and coronary heart disease in young adults.