Diabetes News

While their findings could provide new insight into mammalian hibernation, researchers note that the pivotal metabolic signal that emerged from the dark also presents a new target for obesity and type 2 diabetes research.

A controversial theory about how diabetes causes extensive tissue damage appears in the November 2004 issue of Diabetes.

To minimize that pain and inconvenience, researchers at MIT's Spectroscopy Laboratory have developed a noninvasive way to measure blood glucose levels using light.

Coffee, that morning elixir, may give us an early jump-start to the day, but numerous studies have shown that it also may be protective against type 2 diabetes. Yet no one has really understood why...

Viruses can both cause and prevent autoimmune disease. Therefore viruses that do not directly destroy b cells may actually enhance the course of autoimmune diabetes.

Exercise is good for everyone -- but some struggle more than others. Researchers have found that people with a family history of type 2...

Researchers have found 3 risk factors that determine whether a person with type 2 diabetes will need dialysis decades earlier than others. Patients with diabetes...

Scientists have used injections of antibodies to rapidly reverse the onset of Type I diabetes.

Just as many scientists had given up the search, researchers have discovered that the pancreas does indeed harbor stem cells with the capacity to generate new insulin-producing beta cells.

A potentially ground-breaking treatment for nerve damage caused by diabetes has shown promising results in preclinical and early patient trials.

For patients on hemodialysis, the use of dialysis filters coated with vitamin E may provide a simple new approach to the common problem of anemia, reports a paper presented at the American Society of Nephrology's 39th Annual Meeting and Scientific Exposition in San Diego.

New studies are needed to assess the trade-offs between potential benefits and potential harms when rosiglitazone is used by people with type 2 diabetes.

A low-fat vegan diet treats type 2 diabetes more effectively than a standard diabetes diet and may be more effective than single-agent therapy with oral diabetes drugs, according to a study in the August issue of Diabetes Care, a journal published by the American Diabetes Association.

Patients who have high blood sugar before undergoing surgery run an increased risk of developing blood clots, deep vein thrombosis and even pulmonary embolism after surgery.

Could pave the way toward limitless supplies of pancreatic cells for transplantation therapy of diabetes.

New research finds that the amount of melatonin a person secretes during sleep may predict their risk of developing type 2 diabetes.