CMS is proposing to establish unique codes for continuous glucose monitors, a decision that could help manufacturers secure reimbursement from both Medicare and private payors.

The overall prevalence of type 2 diabetes has increased 5-fold in the United States since the 1960s, and children and adolescents are among those affected. However, children often exhibit no symptoms.

Risky Brazil Experiment Enables Type I Diabetics to Live Without Insulin, Other Medicines

Poorly managed type 2 diabetes costs the U.S. health system an extra $22.9 billion a year.

A drug designed to treat juvenile rheumatoid arthritis may also be helpful for managing type 2 diabetes, new research suggests.

Vildagliptin, a new dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitor, is a useful therapeutic option in patients with type 2 diabetes inadequately controlled with metformin monotherapy

A bariatric surgery procedure used for treating severe obesity is now being explored as a cure for type 2 diabetes mellitus in normal-weight and moderately overweight patients with diabetes.

A new study suggests that diabetes is a significant risk factor for a type of memory problem that doctors call “amnestic mild cognitive impairment.”

Researchers have identified several risk factors for stroke in type 2 diabetic patients, with the two strongest being older age and a prior stroke.

The highest incidence of heart failure occurred in patients with a baseline HbA1c level of more than 8%.: For every 1% increase in serum HbA1c, the risk of heart failure rose by 15%.