The antidiabetic drug metformin is not prescribed for patients with reduced kidney function because the risk of adverse effects has been regarded as unacceptably high.
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University of Maryland researchers closer to understanding how surgery cures diabetes, looking for drug to mimic benefits.
Having type 2 diabetes appears to give post-menopausal women a 27% higher risk of developing breast cancer.
Half of all people of South Asian, African and African Caribbean descent will develop diabetes by age 80 according to a new study published September 10.
Red meat may be a delicious for some, but lowering your consumption of the delicacy will not only help reduce the risk of heart disease and diabetes, it also shrinks your carbon foot print by 12%.
It never occurred to me that I needed to be cognizant of nutrition labels, and the accompanying ingredients list, until I began to make nutrition a bigger priority in my life with type 2 diabetes.
Diabetes curiosity refers to those who use someone else’s lancet and glucose meter diabetes testing devices to prick themselves to test their own blood sugar levels.
Using a new method, diabetes researchers at Lund University, Sweden, have been able to reveal more of the genetic complexity behind type 2 diabetes.
The Mayo Clinic Health Letter for August 2012 has published three lifestyle changes that could stave off the progression of prediabetes to full-blown type 2 diabetes.
Using a new method, diabetes researchers at Lund University, Sweden, have been able to reveal more of the genetic complexity behind type 2 diabetes.
While such diets have proven highly effective, medical experts have voiced concern about the potential adverse health effects in the long term.
Some patients with type 2 diabetes experience kidney problems that cause them to excrete increased amounts of the protein albumin in their urine. These patients have a considerably higher risk of developing heart problems.
Infection with a common virus may increase the risk of Type 2 diabetes in older adults, a new study from the Netherlands suggests.
In individuals with type 2 diabetes, any degree of measurable urinary protein excretion—even in what is considered the normal range—increases their risk of experiencing heart problems, according to a study
Proteus Digital Health, Inc. announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared its ingestible sensor for marketing as a medical device.
Gastric emptying of solids and liquids and gastrointestinal symptoms remain stable over time in patients with long-term type 1 and type 2 diabetes.
Preliminary results from the Aliskiren Trial in Type 2 Diabetes Using Cardio-Renal Endpoints (ALTITUDE) do not support administration of aliskiren on top of standard therapy with renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) blockade.
Ethical challenges are central to persistent “critical weaknesses” in the national system for ensuring drug safety, according to a commentary by former Institute of Medicine members published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Type 2 diabetes isn’t inevitable. Data from the Nurses’ Health Study indicate that 90% of Type 2 diabetes cases in women are linked to five factors.