Type 2 Diabetes

The most current news about type 2 diabetes, formerly called adult-onset or noninsulin-dependent diabetes, including research, studies, treatments, management, causes, stories, potential cures and more.

Insufficient Sleep May Be Linked to Increased Diabetes Risk

Short sleep times may contribute to the development of insulin resistance and reduced glucose tolerance, which in turn may increase the long-term risk of diabetes.

Triple Therapy Fights Type 2 Diabetes Without Weight Gain

Type 2 diabetics who take two drugs in combination with insulin can effectively regulate their blood-sugar levels without the common side effect of weight gain.

Scientist Identifies Gene in Mice That Governs Obesity, Physical Activity and More

A team led by Deborah J. Good has identified a gene that appears to play a role in obesity, physical activity, and sex behaviors in mice.

Many Diabetics May Not Know They Have Kidney Disease

Screening for kidney disease among type 2 diabetics missing an estimated 300,000 people in the U.S.

Type 2 Diabetes Linked to a Family of Metabolic Genes

An ambitious and exhaustive genetic study has pinpointed a group of genes that are involved in type 2 diabetes and shows that the activity of these genes changes even before overt diabetes develops.

Overweight Patients with Diabetes Appear More Likely to Achieve Remission with Weight-Loss Surgery

Preliminary research indicates that obese patients with type 2 diabetes who had gastric banding surgery lost more weight and had a higher likelihood of diabetes remission compared to patients who used conventional methods for weight loss and diabetes control.

Scientists Show Knocking Out Two Key Signals Will Cause Diabetes

Scientists have discovered that the different metabolic abnormalities present in type 2 diabetes can be caused by knocking out two key signals in liver cells.

Early-Onset of Diabetes Associated With Increased Risk of Kidney Disease and Death Before Age...

Onset of type 2 diabetes before age 20 in a population of American Indians is associated with a substantially increased risk of end-stage kidney disease and death between 25 and 55 years of age.

Genetic Abnormality Linked to Cancer More Common in Type 2 Diabetics

A type of genetic abnormality linked to cancer is more common in people with type 2 diabetes than the rest of the population, a new study has found.

New Study Supports Major Change In Diet Treatment For 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.