Rats born to mothers fed high-fat diets but who get normal levels of fat in their diets right after birth avoid obesity and its related disorders as adults, according to new Johns Hopkins research. Meanwhile, rat babies exposed to a normal-fat diet in the womb but nursed by rat mothers …

Removing the entire pancreas in patients with cancer or precancerous cysts in part of the organ does not result in unmanageable diabetes as many physicians previously believed. Researchers examined the control of insulin over several years in 14 patients whose entire pancreas was removed comparing their findings with 100 people …

Women who have "little or no control" over their jobs are at double the risk for diabetes than women who are happy with their career. The same is not the case for men, who "react differently to workplace stress." Lead researcher Peter Smith followed 7,443 working women in Ontario who …

A new study of the entire Danish population confirms previous reports of increased risk of diabetes mellitus in patients with psoriasis, and shows the risk increases with the severity of psoriasis….

The use of A1c plus FPG had the best performance in reducing the likelihood of missing future cases of diabetes….

Walking or other light exercise after meals may reduce glucose levels by more than half in both healthy people and type 1 diabetes patients….

Diabetes was associated with a 30% increased risk of developing cardiovascular conditions, including heart disease and stroke….

Gastric emptying of solids and liquids, and gastrointestinal symptoms remain stable over time in patients with long-term type 1 and type 2 diabetes….

The ALTITUDE trial, which was prematurely halted, showed that when added to monotherapy with either an ACE inhibitor or an ARB, aliskiren (Tekturna) did not improve outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes who had high cardiovascular and renal risk….

Even normotensive patients with diabetes can reduce their risk of heart attack, stroke, and renal failure by lowering blood pressure….