In a new report, researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine have found a gene that may be involved in the link between Type 2 diabetes and Alzheimer’s disease. Previous research has found that healthy elderly people with Type 2 diabetes are twice as likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease, but …

The study results suggest that a diet with high zinc-to-heme iron ratio is significantly associated with lower risk of Type 2 diabetes.

Induced weight loss by surgery is cost-effective relative to conventional therapy for the management of Type 2 diabetes in obese patients, both in the short term and projected over a patient’s lifetime. And the return on investment of surgical therapy is fully recovered through

According to a recent study, both intensive oral combination therapy and antecedent hypoglycemia blunt the body’s physiological defenses against later hypoglycemia in people with Type 2 diabetes.

Having hypoglycemic (low blood sugar level) episodes that are severe enough to require hospitalization are associated with a greater risk of dementia for older adults with Type 2 diabetes, according to a study.

Effects of Exenatide versus Sitagliptin on Postprandial Glucose, Insulin, and Glucagon Secretion, Gastric Emptying, and Caloric Intake: A Randomized, Crossover Study

An FDA panel voted 10-2 that the investigational diabetes drug saxagliptin (Onglyza) does not put Type 2 diabetes patients at an increased risk for cardiovascular events, but wants drugmaker Bristol-Myers Squibb to

Tumor data may block approval for diabetes drug liraglutide. An FDA advisory panel declined to recommend approval for the investigational diabetes drug liraglutide (Victoza), in light of

Diabetic adults using same-day medical scheduling to manage their care fared no better and, in some aspects, saw their condition worsen, compared with those who

According to the ADA and AACE, a normal A1c result is from 4-6%. Yet we know the closer you get to 6% means your average blood glucose is getting higher and increases your risk for pre-diabetes and diabetes.