People with diabetes who receive treatment for gum disease can enjoy substantial reductions in hospitalizations, doctor visits, and annual medical expenses according to a study conducted by the University of Pennsylvania.
Low levels of vitamin D in people with diabetes appear to encourage cholesterol to build up in arteries, eventually blocking the flow of blood.
A recent study from the University of Massachusetts found that 36 percent of gastric bypass patients did not need diabetes medication two weeks after surgery and 67 percent were medication free after one year.
Scientists have found compounds that inhibit enzymes responsible for carbohydrate absorption and assimilation similar to the alpha-glucosidase inhibitors. And that could mean a tasty way to help people with diabetes decrease their blood sugar.
Scientists have developed a once-a-day nasal gel formulation for the delivery of insulin that could put an end to injections for Type 1 diabetes sufferers.
Pulse wave velocity is higher among patients with well-controlled type 2 diabetes when compared to controls, and is associated with white matter lesions, according to a study published online Nov. 5 in Diabetes Care.
You’ve been told since childhood that washing your hands keeps germs away. This healthy habit may also help you manage your diabetes.
This is the first article in a two-part series on the growing evidence and research supporting a link between Alzheimer’s disease and type 2 diabetes.
The researchers found that an ingredient in green tea helps reduce blood sugar spikes in mice, leading to the possibility of a new diet for people.
A new Swedish-led study has identified a blood marker that may show who is at risk of developing type 2 diabetes many years before the disease is typically diagnosed.
An experimental diet with carbohydrates eaten mostly at dinner could benefit people suffering from severe and morbid obesity, according to new research at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
A consortium of scientists who are taking a novel approach in their research to detect the genetic variations that predispose individuals to type 2 diabetes provided an update of their findings.
Drinking black tea may help protect against type 2 diabetes, but more study is needed to confirm an association.
A research team at Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, has reported that “fat but fit” people run as low a risk of cardiovascular events or death as normal weight individuals.
A Waikato woman is behind “ground-breaking” research she says could lead to the cure of type 1 diabetes within a year if funding can be found.
Patients with diabetes who were treated with the popular oral medication metformin face a lower risk of heart attack, stroke or death than those taking sulfonylureas, another common option, according to a large, multi-year study.
A direct, head-to-head comparison of two of the newer treatments available for type 2 diabetes yielded mixed results.
A hypoglycemic event and a high rate of glucose excursions were associated with an increased rate of ventricular tachycardia, in a study of 30 patients.
Adults with diabetes and multi-vessel coronary heart disease who underwent cardiac bypass surgery had better overall heart-related outcomes than those who underwent an artery-opening procedure to improve blood flow to the heart muscle.
J. Segura of Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, España and colleagues published a study recently in Medicica and Clinica saying that patients with both hypertension and type 2 diabetes were more likely than those with only hypertension to develop cardiovascular disease.