For patients with type 2 diabetes taking metformin monotherapy, the bile acid sequestrant colesevelam reduces fasting and postprandial glucose concentrations without any effects on insulin concentration, secretion, or action.
New research has shown the presence of a disease affecting small blood vessels, known as microangiopathy, in the bone marrow of diabetic patients.
First the bad news — the amount of pain people with diabetes have is staggering. A study of over 13,000 adults with Type 2 diabetes by researchers in California found that nearly half report significant pain.
Circulating levels of the Wnt/β-catenin signaling inhibitor sclerostin are higher in patients with type 2 diabetes who also have atherosclerotic disease, according to a study published online Jan. 3 in Diabetes Care.
A new study in British Medical Journal suggests that people with diabetes eating eggs can increase risk of coronary heart disease, compared with those who do not eat eggs.
New research from the University of Washington suggests that the team’s work may have uncovered one of the factors behind occasional studies that suggest beer can have a healthy impact on people suffering from diabetes and other conditions like obesity.
For people with diabetes, meeting the recommended guidelines for blood pressure and cholesterol is even more important than meeting the guidelines for blood-sugar control in reducing the risk of heart attack or stroke.
Minimally invasive islet transplantation for patients with type 1 diabetes achieves insulin independence and reverses the progression of atherosclerosis in the first few years after transplant, according to a University of Illinois at Chicago study.
According to Jie Jin Wang, PhD, of the University of Sydney, and colleagues, after adjustment for age, sex, and history of smoking, the odds ratio for macular degeneration in aspirin users was 2.37.
Patients diagnosed with type 2 diabetes have a greater prevalence of cancer with longer diabetes duration and with insulin use, according to a study published online Jan. 8 in Diabetes Care.
One in every 10 Americans has diabetes, and a third or more of those with the condition will develop kidney disease.
Australian researchers have begun a world-first study that aims to help men lose weight and prevent diabetes — by giving them more testosterone.
A review in Annals of Internal Medicine suggests that intensive blood pressure control reduces stroke risk in people with TII.
A new imaging method for the study of insulin-producing cells in diabetes among other uses is now being presented by a group of researchers at Umeå University in Sweden in the form of a video in the biomedical video journal, The Journal of Visualized Experiments.
Diabetic retinopathy was found in nearly 8% of participants who were pre-diabetic and 12% of participants with type 2 diabetes in the Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP). The results were reported in a presentation at the American Diabetes Association’s recent annual meeting.
New research has found that people who have had diabetes for a long time are more likely to be diagnosed with cancer than those who have had it for a shorter time.
Research groups have now shown that the influence of the intestinal bacteria extends even deeper inside the body to influence the likelihood of getting diabetes.
Every 30 seconds somebody in the world is amputated as a consequence of foot complication due to diabetes. A new study confirms that shoe inserts, podiatry, regular checkups and other simple interventions can reduce the number of amputations by more than 50%.
Regularly consuming sucrose—the type of sugar found in many sweetened beverages—increases a person’s risk of heart disease.
A group of researchers from the university’s School of Science, led by Dr Solomon Habtemariam, believe they have identified potential sources of medicines derived from plants which may have fewer adverse side-effects for diabetes sufferers.