Diabetes News

New study shows that two of the chemicals that are increasingly being used to make everything from plastic wrap and food containers to cosmetics...

Researchers have identified a particular subset of cells that are linked to obesity-associated insulin resistance, and that offer a promising new target for the treatment of diabetes.

Discovery could be used to determine if a person is at high risk of diabetes in the next year or never - and may also help predict which patients will respond to specific diabetes therapies.

People with diabetes have a three to five times higher risk of contracting tuberculosis (TB) than non-diabetics, according to researchers.

People living with Type 2 Diabetes and are just a little overweight live longer than those who are too thin, normal weight or obese....

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.

Young people are unaware that cigarette use has been linked to insulin resistance and insulin-dependent glucose metabolism.

Compared to those who had a first-degree relative with diabetes, those who did not were less concerned that they might have diabetes, reported a...

An extract from the ginseng berry shows real promise in treating diabetes and obesity, reports a research team from the University of Chicago's Tang Center for Herbal Medicine Research.

A drug widely used by cancer and transplant patients also comes with a downside: it leads to diabetes in as many as 15 percent of the people who take it.

Sulfonylurea drugs, used in the treatment of patients with diabetes mellitus to lower blood sugar levels, have been suspected since the 1970s of increasing cardiovascular mortality as well.

A New York University and East Carolina University study has found a concerning decline in dental care among people with diabetes.

University of Florida researchers have begun a clinical study of oral insulin to prevent or delay type 1 diabetes in people at risk for the disease.

In a recent study, pulses of the sugar glucose restoreed normal insulin release in pancreas cells, which could shed light on loss of insulin...

There is a strong link between panic episodes and increased complications from diabetes, according to a study conducted at Group Health Cooperative.

A new study reveals critical molecular events in the origin of fat cells. The findings are central to understanding chronic diseases, such as obesity and diabetes, as fat cells produce hormones critical for metabolic control, the researchers said.