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.
Doctors who are more empathetic generally have patients with better results and less medical complications.
Having diabetes, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol are three diseases that increase your chances of getting heart disease. By having all three of these, you will be at very high risk of strokes and heart attacks.
Besides the myths and stigmas that exist about diabetes (all types), there is the fact that there isn’t just one way to control the disease.
Counseling people about their personal risk of diabetes based on their genes may not motivate them to take steps to prevent the blood sugar disease, a new study suggests.
Over the years of interviewing leading diabetes experts, we’ve seen essential strategies for managing eating with 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.
Lilly Diabetes today announced the release of a new mobile application designed for caregivers and healthcare providers who support people with type 1 diabetes.
Today we’re doing something a little bit different. Instead of writing a post, I wanted to create one pointing out some of the best articles in the diabetic world that I’ve read this past week.
New technology is designed to make self-monitoring easier and more accessible than ever before, but often tech products fail to accommodate some older users.
Paula Deen, a celebrity Southern chef known for her unrestrained love of butter and sugar, is no stranger to the media. She received a flurry of bad press recently when she revealed that she had been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes three years earlier.
Enzymes involved in breaking down fat can now be manipulated to work three times harder by turning on a molecular switch recently observed by chemists at the University of Copenhagen.
Mexican-Americans with an ancestral link to Amerindian tribes were found to have higher insulin resistance levels, which is an indication of several chronic conditions such as type 2 diabetes.
Gastric emptying of solids and liquids and gastrointestinal symptoms remain stable over time in patients with long-term type 1 and type 2 diabetes.
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.
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Work stress doubles the risk of developing diabetes for women who have little or no control over what they do on the job, according to a new Canadian study.
According to results of an analysis published in JAMA, stain therapy is connected with a lower risk of pancreatitis in patients with normal or mildly elevated triglyceride levels.
Obesity is the most important risk factor for type 2 diabetes among poor people, according to a new study that also says lifestyle changes are the key to reducing diabetes in this population.