Type 2 Diabetes

Advanced glycation end products may explain why some diabetics live free from eye, kidney, nerve, and cardiovascular complications for more than 5 decades.

Prediabetic rats treated with sitagliptin not only experienced lower glucagon and higher insulin levels, but a redistribution of body fat.

Nearly 30 million new patients will be diagnosed with diabetes by 2025 at a cost of $514 billion. Can we stop the prediction from becoming reality?

A blood screen testing for elevations in five amino acids can identify individuals at risk of developing type 2 diabetes a decade prior to symptom onset.

Patients with type 1 diabetes are vulnerable to autoimmune heart disease and a missed "training regimen" in the thymus explains why.

A new study has found Avandia to be associated with significantly higher odds of congestive heart failure, heart attack, and death compared with Actos.

Washington state's decision to review the efficacy, safety, cost, and health impact of glucose monitoring in children with diabetes has sparked debate.

ASU-Mayo Clinic team seeks approval for human testing of the device which they say is as accurate as a test using blood samples.

Investigators will test the hypothesis that in-depth cleaning to treat chronic periodontitis will help improve control of type 2 diabetes.

The American College of Physicians argues against the use of intensive insulin therapy in hospitalized patients and many have taken issue.

A human-specific CMAH genetic mutation may explain why obesity and diabetes are more prevalent in humans than other mammals.

New research out of the UK revelas that the first time many patients realize that diabetes can affect their kidneys is when they are referred to renal services.

Study results show that patients suffering from diabetic peripheral neuropathy treated with tapentadol reported significant improvement in their pain.

Spouses of diabetics suffer from the demands of living with diabetes just as patients do, though their feelings are not always linked to their partner's.

Blocking glucagon could convert type 1 diabetes to an asymptomatic, non-insulin-dependent disorder if mouse models hold true for humans.

Studies have consistently shown an inverse association between coffee consumption and type 2 diabetes risk, and now the cause may have been identified.

Though diabetes and depression each increase a woman's risk of death from cardiovascular disease, together they increase that likelihood nearly three times.

More than six percent of women who gave birth in 2008, a figure totalling 250,000, had pre-existing diabetes or developed it during pregnancy.

Moderate alcohol consumption may benefit diabetics, but puts them at risk of deterioration of visual acuity unrelated to typical diabetic eye disease.

Women with diabetes are more likely to be depressed and those taking antidepressants are more likely to develop diabetes.

Creating a viral video is a tall task in itself. Creating a viral video to get across a serious message is almost impossible. But not for the Big Blue Test.

SETMA, which operates multiple special clinics, will be the 38th national Affiliate Program of the Joslin Diabetes Center.

In a debate at the Cardiometabolic Health Congress on the lipid-lowering benefits of niacin vs. fibrates, Henry Ginsberg, MD, made the case for fibrates.

New York mayor Michael Bloomberg requested federal permission this morning to ban the purchase of soda and other sugary drinks by using food stamps.