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Brief, High-Intensity Workouts Show Promise in Helping Diabetics Lower Blood Sugar

Researchers have found that brief high intensity workouts, as little as six sessions over two weeks, rapidly lower blood sugar levels in type 2 diabetics, offering a potential fix for patients who struggle to meet exercise guidelines.

Researchers Provide World’s First View of Type 1 Diabetes as it Develops

Researchers have created the first cellular movies showing the destruction underlying type 1 diabetes in real-time in models.

Study Identifies Cause of Diabetes Misdiagnosis Among Asian Americans

Researchers have determined key differences between Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes in the Asian American population.

Rotating Night Shift Work Linked to Increase in Type 2 Diabetes Risk in Women

Women who work an irregular schedule that includes three or more night shifts per month, in addition to day and evening working hours in that month, may have an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes.

Depression Raises Risk of Dementia in Type 2 Diabetics

Depression in patients with diabetes is associated with a substantively increased risk of development of dementia compared to those with diabetes alone.

Tools for Predicting Diabetes Are Not Being Used

New research suggests that many cases of diabetes could be prevented by making use of existing prediction tools.

Vitamin D-Fortified Yogurt Improves Cholesterol Levels and Heart Disease for Diabetics

People with diabetes are known to have an increased risk of heart disease. New research shows that regular consumption of a vitamin D-fortified yoghurt drink improves cholesterol levels and biomarkers of endothelial dysfunction, a precursor of heart disease, in diabetics.

Diabetes Drug Shows Promise in Reducing Risk of Cancer

An inexpensive drug that treats Type-2 diabetes has been shown to prevent a number of natural and man-made chemicals from stimulating the growth of breast cancer cells, according to a newly published study.

Heart Disease Will Shorten Lives of Today’s Teens

A new study that takes a complete snapshot of adolescent cardiovascular health in the United States reveals a dismal picture of teens who are likely to die of heart disease at a younger age than adults do today.

BPA, Found in Soup Can Lining, Linked with Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease

A new study has found that a group of volunteers who consumed a serving of canned soup each day for five days had a more than 1,000% increase in urinary bisphenol A (BPA) concentrations compared with when the same individuals consumed fresh soup daily for five days.

Study: Hemoglobin A1c Fails to Identify Children with Diabetes or Those at Risk

Based on study results, researchers urge that a nonfasting one-hour glucose challenge test, or a random glucose, may be promising methods for identifying children with prediabetes or diabetes.

Researchers Investigate Link Between Autoimmune Diseases and Wounds That Don’t Heal

Millions of Americans suffer from wounds that don't heal, and while most are typically associated with diabetes, new research has identified another possible underlying cause - autoimmune diseases.

Study: Vegetarian Diet, Physical Activity Protect Against Diabetes in Black Population

New research shows that following a vegetarian diet and exercising at least three times a week significantly reduced the risk of diabetes in African Americans, who are twice as likely to be diagnosed with diabetes when compared to non-Hispanic whites.

Study: Insulin Resistance is Associated with Inflammatory Processes that Lead to Cortical Atrophy and...

Many complications of diabetes, including kidney disease, foot problems and vision problems are generally well recognized. But the disease's impact on the brain is often overlooked.

Study Indicates Brain Plays Role in Regulating Blood Sugar

Researchers have demonstrated for the first time that the brain is a key player in regulating glucose (sugar) metabolism.

Drug Effective in Treating Kidney Disease in Diabetics

Researchers have published promising results of a clinical study using an experimental anti-fibrotic and anti-inflammatory drug called pirfenidone to treat patients with diabetic nephropathy.