Seal Oil Promotes Nerve Regeneration, Helps Diabetic Neuropathy, Says Study
Recent study suggests that seal oil, taken as a supplement, could help with diabetic neuropathy, a form of nerve damage caused by diabetes.
Significant Factor in Diabetes Risk: The Foods You Eat and Not Just the Calories
If you think losing weight is enough to prevent Type 2 diabetes, don't get your hopes up. New research suggests that you don't have to be overweight to develop Type 2 diabetes.
Study: Drug Improves Glycemic Control Significantly in Type 1 Diabetics on Insulin
Results portend first major advance for type 1 diabetics since insulin was discovered. New study shows that liraglutide reduces the wide swings in blood glucose numbers that characterize even well-controlled type 1 diabetes.
Experts Recommend Weight Loss Drugs, Surgery in Addition to Lifestyle Changes
The Endocrine Society issued a Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG) on strategies for prescribing drugs to manage obesity and promote weight loss.
Online Tool Predicts Heart Disease, Diabetes Risk Better
Online risk calculator, also being called an internet crystal ball, proves to be more accurate than method traditionally used by doctors in predicting heart...
Cardiovascular Risk in Youth with Type 1 Diabetes Linked Primarily to Insulin Resistance
According to a new study, youth with type 1 diabetes have now been found to have abnormal insulin resistance.
Diabetes-Related Amputations Increase for Hispanics
Hospitalizations of adult Hispanics for diabetes-related foot or leg amputations rose sharply between 2001 and 2004. The data are for Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes.
Sugar Sponge: Insulin-free Diabetes Treatment Reported
Researchers report the development of "sugar sponges" that sop up and release glucose as needed and it's use as a treatment for both type...
Research Offers Hope To Increase Islet Supply To Cure Type 1 Diabetes
Researchers at the University of Minnesota's Diabetes Institute for Immunology and Transplantation have successfully reversed diabetes in monkeys using transplanted islet cells from pigs.
Maya Children in U.S. More Likely To Be Overweight and Obese Than Whites or...
Maya children in the United States are taller and longer-legged than Mayan children in Guatemala, as a result of greater access to food and health care. But they are also much heavier.
More Kids Being Diagnosed with Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes
Rates of newly diagnosed cases of type 1 and 2 diabetes is on the rise among children and teens, with the fastest rise seen...
Fear of Hypoglycemia a Barrier to Exercise for Type 1 Diabetics
Study finds individuals with the greatest fear of physical activity had the poorest control of their diabetes.
Phantom Limb Pain Frozen by Minimally Invasive Treatment
A recent study shows that interventional radiologists can use an innovative technique to relieve the pain that plagues millions of amputees, many of which...
Optimal Threshold for HbA1c Pre-diabetes Test Identified
Setting a specific HbA1c cutoff threshold for prediabetes, which could be used to determine eligibility for interventions to prevent progression to more serious type 2 diabetes, has generated much debate, with at least three different cutoffs recommended by different professional organizations.
Research Shows Link Between Diabetes, Heart Disease and Cancer
There are a number of risk factors shared between diabetes, ischemic heart disease, and several different types of cancer.In a major symposium at the...
New Link Discovered Between Diabetes and Alzheimer’s Disease
More evidence has been found that links Alzheimer's, which is a disease that robs people of their memories, and elevated blood sugar levels.Researchers have...
