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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.

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.

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.

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.