Asian Americans Show Higher Diabetes Rates: Despite being thinner, Asian Americans are more likely than whites to have Type 2 diabetes and the problem is growing, a new study which included 230,500 U.S. adults, finds. Diabetes rates rose over time reaching 8% among Asian adults and 6% among whites. Genes …

Resistance May Increase Risk of CVD in Type 1 Diabetes: The Coronary Artery Calcification in Type 1 Diabetes (CACTI) study assessed the role of insulin action on peripheral glucose utilization and nonesterified fatty acid (NEFA) suppression in predicting coronary artery calcification (CAC) in Type 1 diabetes. Compared to subjects without …

Risk factors differed between Type 1 and Type 2 diabetic patients, with diet nonadherence more prominent in Type 1 diabetes and….

Eighteen months after starting a probe of potential cancer risks associated with insulin glargine (Lantus), the FDA still hasn’t decided whether the concern is justified….

Sitting around too much is associated with a worsening of several cardiometabolic risk factors, an analysis of NHANES data revealed….

People who spend two hours or more a day in front of a screen during their leisure time — primarily watching television — have more than double the risk of cardiovascular events over four years compared with those who spend less than two hours a day in front of a …

Measuring glycated hemoglobin levels may be an appropriate means of catching patients with prediabetes.…

Latino/Hispanic, Asian, and African-descent patients with Type 2 diabetes show different metabolic responses to insulin therapy, dependent in part on insulin type and regimen intensity….

New research has found one of the smallest entities in the human genome, micro-RNA, could increase the risk of limb amputation in diabetic patients….

Coffee can give you a jump-start to the day but numerous studies have shown that it also may be protective against Type 2 diabetes….