A new study led by researchers at the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) has identified four genes that increase the risk of developing type 2 diabetes. This genetic discovery may help stem this rise in Type 2 diabetes.

While previous biomedical research studies have found that genetics and race increase risk for some diseases, a new look into how researchers study genetic triggers of type 2 diabetes suggests that defining race remains an inexact science, with social and historic facts mixing with biology throughout the research process.

An international team of scientists have discovered a possible link between accumulation of cholesterol –lipid toxicity and type 2 diabetes.

New research shows that snoring doesn’t have to be loud to cause health problems especially in women, according to sleep expert and Professor of Medicine at the University of Sydney, Colin Sullivan. FDA

Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Eli Lilly and Company announced today that the FDA has approved more convenient patient storage instructions for BYETTA(R) (exenatide) injection. BYETTA Pens can now be kept at a room temperature not to exceed 77 degrees F (25 degrees C) after first use. Refrigeration is no longer …

Proliferative retinopathy in male and female patients with type 2 diabetes may predict coronary heart disease (CHD), but in women, background retinopathy predicted all-cause, cardiovascular disease, and CHD mortality, according to the results of a study.

The second of a new class of oral antidiabetic drugs is able to lower blood sugar (glucose) in type 2 diabetes as well as Avandia (rosiglitazone) does, but without causing weight gain.

Boric acid vaginal suppositories appear to be more effective than oral fluconazole in the treatment of diabetics with non-albicans Candida glabrata vulvovaginal candidiasis.

Both paclitaxel- and sirolimus-eluting stents show “a trend toward more favorable outcome” in diabetics with occluded coronary arteries compared with bare-metal stents, Dutch investigators reported.

Ninety-nine percent of doctors believe that part of their job is to encourage their patients to live a healthier lifestyle, but only 20% actually do it. Research at the University of Haifa addresses the question: why not?