A Hopkins research team recently found a biomarker for diabetes, which may lead to a new assay for the disease. The researchers focused on a complex sugar called O-linked N-acetylglucosamine (O-GlcNAc), which is made from the much simpler sugar, glucose.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, or CMS, announced last week a clarification in its policy for Medicare coverage of bariatric surgery as a treatment for certain beneficiaries with type 2, or non-insulin-dependent, diabetes.

The 2 major types of bariatric procedures for obese patients — bypass surgery and restrictive surgery — have different effects on gut hormone secretion, and thus on insulin secretion and sensitivity. These effects should be considered when choosing a surgical approach for severely obese patients with type 2 diabetes and …

Ambulatory blood pressure (BP) monitoring of the elderly diabetic can improve the prediction of Heart Disease and Mortality

Drinking diet soda at least daily is associated with significantly greater risks for select incident components of the metabolic syndrome (MetSyn) and type 2 diabetes, according to the results of an observational study.

Cardiovascular disease is the biggest health threat of obesity and Medical College of Georgia researchers trying to understand why have knocked out protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B, or PTP1B, in genetically fat mice that get diabetes.

Too often our patients who are very active start to decrease their participation in sports and other physical endeavors. Frequently, this is because they are experiencing hypoglycemia and have no idea how to prevent this from happening. Sheri Colberg, Ph.D., FACSM, helps you to understand what is going on and …

Postmenopausal women with hyperinsulinemia were at least two times more likely to develop breast cancer compared with women with the lowest insulin levels. Interventions that target insulin and its signaling pathways may decrease breast cancer risk in these women.

The most common long-term complications of diabetes are problems with the heart and blood vessels, according to Mayo Clinic. No one dies from diabetes, most die from heart attacks and strokes.

Prenatal nicotine exposure through smoking or nicotine patches alters early pancreatic islet and adipose tissue development with consequences on the control of body weight and glucose metabolism later in life.