Ruboxistaurin mesylate is used to treat diabetic macular edema and diabetic peripheral neuropathy. The companies said that after looking at the overall results, the trials did not meet the criteria for Phase III studies and therefore they have agreed to terminate the contract.

Compared with people who have not had an AMI, post-AMI patients have a significantly higher risk of developing diabetes or impaired fasting glucose and physicians should consider acute myocardial infarction (AMI) to be a prediabetes risk,authors of a new study say.

U.S. scientists have discovered a third abnormality that might play a role in the development of obesity-induced type 2 diabetes. The development of type 2 diabetes — or at least part of it — may be in your head, researchers said.

The number of uninsured U.S. residents rose by5% and is now by 2.2 million in 2006 to 47 million, up from 44.8 million in 2005, the largest increase in four years, even as poverty fell and household incomes rose, according to data released last Tuesday by the Census Bureau.

Treating gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) during pregnancy may reduce the child’s risk of becoming obese, according to the results of a new study.

Higher resting heart rates are associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease, and should be introduced into clinical practice according to a new review.

Intensive blood glucose control in type 1 diabetic patients is associated with a lowering of resting heart rate, according to a new report.

Men and women with diabetes, either type 1 or type 2, are more likely than the general population to sustain a fractured hip, according to a meta-analysis report

VEGETABLES offer more protection against diabetes than fruit or cereal, new research shows.

Investigators have made the first attempt at developing age- and sex-specific lipoprotein threshold concentrations for adolescents. The major advantage of the new cutoff points is that they reflect the natural fluctuations in cholesterol levels that occur with growth and maturation, say the authors.