Diabetes News

Latest news about type 2 diabetes, type 1 diabetes, gestational diabetes and related health issues like hypertension (high blood pressure), kidney disease, eye disease, neuropathy and more. Diabetes news for diabetics, physicians and caregivers.

Sugar Sponge forTreating Type 1 and 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...
Photo of The HangTite Insulin Pen Storage System

HangTite Insulin Pen Holder Solves Common Diabetic Problems, Improves Home Care

Developed by a type 1 diabetic, the HangTite offers a very affordable solution to common issues with insulin pens and helps improve diabetic care...

FDA Approves New Indication for INVANZ® (ertapenem) for the Treatment of Moderate to Severe...

FDA has approved INVANZ® (ertapenem), a once-daily injectable antibiotic, for the treatment of moderate to severe complicated foot infection due to indicated pathogens in diabetic patients without osteomyelitis.

New Metformin Could Help 40-percent of Diabetes Patients That Currently Can’t Take Metformin

New metformin treatment option for the 40 percent of diabetes patients that currently can't take this first-line drug of choice. Although metformin was introduced as...
UBCO researcher Jonathan Little

New Drink May Help Control Blood Sugar in Type 2 Diabetics

Ketone drinks may control glucose in type 2 diabetics by mimicking some aspects of a ketogenic diet. This offers another possible strategy in helping to manage Type 2 diabetes.
Why Some People Have Diabetes Remission and Other Don't

Type 2 Diabetes Trial: 46% Achieve Diabetes Remission Within 1 Year

After one year, 46% of the Type 2 Diabetic individuals in the intervention group recovered and maintained control over blood glucose concentrations.
Fasting-like Diet Reverses T1 and T2 Diabetes in Study

Periodic Fasting Diet May Reverse Type 1 and 2 Diabetes, Says USC-led study

A diet designed to imitate the effects of fasting appears to reverse diabetes for type 1 and type 2 diabetes by reprogramming cells, a...

FDA Statement on Avandia TIDE Trial

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), the manufacturer of the diabetes drug Avandia (rosiglitazone), has been informed by FDA that the postmarketing trial known as TIDE (Thiazolidinedione Intervention With Vitamin D Evaluation) has been placed on partial clinical hold.
Baking Soda and Diabetic Ketoacidosis

Baking Soda May Prevent Fatal Infections in Diabetic Ketoacidosis

A recent study has found that a simple treatment of baking soda could prevent the spread of mucormycosis in patients with Diabetic Ketoacidosis. Patients with...
Diet to Reverse Type 2 Diabetes

Yale Researchers Uncover Diet to Reverse Type 2 Diabetes

Researchers, led by a Yale team, observed positive effects in as few as 3 days from a diet that can reverse type 2 diabetes and other health conditions.
Novo Nordisk NovoPen Recall

Novo Nordisk Recall: Novopen Echo Insulin Delivery Devices

Novo Nordisk is recalling certain Novopen Echo Insulin Delivery Devices due to potential health risks, including high blood sugar levels.
Vials of Tresiba

Tresiba Approved for Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes

Tresiba has been approved by the FDA for both type 1 and type diabetes, marking the first new basal insulin molecule to be approved...
Verapamil for TYpe 1 Diabetes

Common Blood Pressure Medicine an Effective Type 1 Diabetes Therapy, Clinical Trial Reveals

Safe and effective therapy discovered to reduce insulin requirements and hypoglycemic episodes in certain Type 1 diabetics using a common blood pressure drug.
BASAGLAR - Insulin Discounted by Lilly for Diabetes

New Program will Provide Insulin at Discounted Prices

Certain people who use insulin to manage their diabetes may benefit from a 40-percent discount thanks to a new partnership, which would start on...

Diabetic Enteropathy Cause, Treatment and Possible Prevention Discovered

Diabetic enteropathy - with gastrointestinal symptoms like abdominal pain, bloating and nausea - may soon be preventable and treatable. Exciting news considering that it...
Allulose - Rare Sugar Sweetener and Diabetes

Rare Sugar Sweeteners Helped Control Blood Glucose in Study

According to a recent study, low-calorie, natural rare sugars could help regulate glucose levels, which would make them a good option as a sweetener...