Nischarin May Treat or Prevent Diabetes and Obesity
Researchers discovered the ability of Nischarin to treat or prevent metabolic diseases including obesity and diabetes.
Diabetes Drug Lowers Cardiovascular and Kidney Complication Risk
For the first time, a large clinical trial showed across-the-board cardiovascular benefit of a common diabetes drug, a much-needed outcome for people with type...
Common Arthritis Drug Helps Wound Healing, Stem Cell Survival
Scientists have found a new way to protect stem cells from harsh inflammation during wound repair, and it involves a common anti-inflammatory drug.
Potential Treatment for Better Diabetic Wound Healing Found
Findings from a recent study of wound healing in people living with diabetes may lead to the development of new treatment methods and better...
Diabetes May Signal Early Pancreatic Cancer, but Race Matters
A diagnosis of diabetes may also come with a more than threefold risk for developing pancreatic cancer for people, depending on their race.
Phototherapy Used to Combat Neuropathic Pain
As diabetes progresses, the structure of the sciatic nerve's myelin sheath changes - but after four sessions of laser therapy treatment, researchers found that...
Wearable, Pain-Free Glucose Test Uses Sweat, Not Blood
Researchers have designed a wearable, flexible biosensor that can reliably detect and quantify glucose from very small amounts of human sweat for people with...
Insulin Secreting Beta Cells Created – from Love Handles
Can you really turn love handles into beta cells? Yes, according to researchers who have reprogrammed stem cells taken from fatty tissue to make...
Breakthrough Technique Turns Open Wounds and Ulcers into Skin
New technique to treat large cutaneous ulcers, including those seen in people with severe burns, bedsores or chronic diseases such as cancer and diabetes, announced by researchers.
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...
Invokana: First in a New Class of Diabetes Drugs Approved by FDA
The Food and Drug Administration has approved Invokana tablets, used with diet and exercise, to improve glycemic control in adults with type 2 diabetes.
3 Factors Speed Up the Need for Dialysis in Type 2 Diabetics
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...
For Type 2 Diabetics, Wine Improves Sugar Control, Cholesterol and Heart Health
Drinking a glass of red wine every day as part of a healthy diet can help patients with type 2 diabetes improve cardiac health...
Insulin Shock: Insulin Costs Tripled Over Last 10 years
Dramatic rise in insulin costs when compared with other diabetes therapies means it's time to look again at the effect, and the cost-effectiveness, of...
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...
Type 2 Diabetes Reversed in Trial Using New Medical Treatment
Details published by the Endocrine Society outline a medical treatment that successfully induced remission of type 2 diabetes in clinical trial participants. Type 2 diabetes...