A single dose augmented insulin secretion and inhibited glucagon release. This single dose of vildagliptin had carryover throughout the evening and sleeping hours until the following morning.

Scientists in London have found a way to track insulin-producing islet cells after they have been transplanted, a breakthrough in the drive to find a cure for diabetes.

The scientific evidence is strong enough to justify using folic acid as a cheap and simple way of reducing heart disease and strokes, say researchers in this week’s BMJ.

New studies suggest java helps protect against major diseases, including diabetes.

Two earlier studies conducted in Ireland with normal subjects and Type I diabetic patients demonstrated rapid absorption from the nasal spray and the expected glucose response.

November 2006 – A study published in the journal “Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases” refutes the frequently repeated claims that a comprehensive salt reduction would not produce any overall health benefits, or would even increase diseases and shorten the life-span.

November 2006 – Fifty-four million Americans, that’s one in six of us, have pre-diabetes and most don’t even realize it. Mark Schutta, MD, medical director of the Penn Rodebaugh Diabetes Center, is urging at-risk patients to be proactive and ask your doctor to give you a simple blood test for …

Six per cent of patients with a BMI of more than 30 died in the first year after transplant, compared with three per cent of patients with a BMI of less than 30.

Repeated panic attacks in people with diabetes can lead to poorer control of the illness, more severe health complications, and a reduced quality of life.

A drug commonly used to increase the body’s sensitivity to insulin may slow the progression of cardiovascular disease in patients with type 2 diabetes, according to a study at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine.