Diabetics More Likely to Die from Alcohol, Accidents or Suicide
A recent study provides some insight as to why diabetic patients are more likely to die from alcohol-related factors, accidents or suicide.
Study: Size Matters When Controlling Blood Sugar
Yale study details changes that could be a key to maintaining safe blood sugar level range, which would result in fewer complications for diabetics. In...
Study: Dogs Can Help Diabetics Regulate Sugar Levels
Can dogs help people with diabetes regulate their insulin levels? Find out what a new study has found about dogs and owners living with diabetes.
Is a Stressful Family Life Making Kids Fat? Study Examines Link.
A University of Houston study examined the relationship between chronic family stress and adolescent obesity. Find out what researchers learned. Adolescent obesity is a...
Insulin Sensitivity Better in Women Than Men Thanks to PTEN Protein
It's long been known that obese men are more likely to develop type two diabetes than obese women. Find out how a certain protein,...
Seniors Using Deadly Drug Combinations
New research shows that older adults are mixing potentially life-threatening drug combinations. Many also take vitamins or supplements that interact negatively with the prescription...
Gestational Diabetes Risk Lowered with Healthy Diet in South Asian Women
A recent study highlights the importance of public health messaging to South Asian women who are considering pregnancy in an attempt to reduce the risk of developing gestational diabetes.
Magnesium Improves Diabetes-Related Health, Hypertension, Cholesterol, Weight and More
Beneficial relationship found between dietary magnesium intake and diabetes-related outcomes, affecting metabolic syndrome risk, obesity and weight, blood pressure, and HDL (good) cholesterol. Learn...
Study Links Nicotine to Type 2 Diabetes Risk
Diabetes is far more prevalent in smokers than non-smokers, but the reasons why have remained unknown until now.
New Insulin Pill for Type 2 Diabetics to Replace Injections
Researchers have developed a capsule that can deliver oral doses of insulin, potentially replacing injections for type 2 diabetics.
Pancreatic Cancer Stem Cells Could Be Suffocated by Diabetes Drug Metformin
New discovery could be used to develop treatments that stop the pancreatic cancer stem cells using oxygen and prevent cancer returning after conventional treatment. Cancer...
Study: Why Most Obese People Develop Insulin Resistance and Diabetes
Findings from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), which appear in eLife, provide a possible explanation as to why most people who are obese...
Causes of Diabetes Induced Bone Fragility Include Certain Drugs
Expert IOF review explains why people with both type 1 and type 2 diabetes are at higher risk of bone fragility, including the effect...
Sleep Timing Affects Metabolic Health and BMI in Women
A new study suggests that frequent shifts in sleep timing may be related to adverse metabolic health among non-shift working, midlife women. Results show that...
Weight Loss in Obese Adults Reduces Asthma Severity
Study finds weight loss in obese adults can reduce severity of asthma. Behavioral weight loss program associated with improvements in airway hyperresponsiveness and quality...
Smart Insulin Patch Invented to Replace Insulin Injections for Diabetes
Painful insulin injections could become a thing of the past for the millions of Americans who suffer from diabetes, thanks to a new invention...
