The bill was defeated which could have resulted in the loss of critical health care coverage guarantees fro over 85 million americans.

Ghrelin, a hormone long considered a key player in obesity, may instead take a major role in maintaining the balance between insulin and glucose and the development of diabetes.

Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center have identified a reliable, non-invasive imaging method that can measure the quantity of insulin-producing pancreatic beta cells.

Women with diabetes are less than half as likely as non-diabetic women to receive counseling on birth control from their doctors, despite the risk to the baby if a woman with diabetes conceives before optimal blood sugar control is achieved.

The FDA has approved a stop-smoking drug by Pfizer that satisfies nicotine cravings and diminishes the satisfaction of smoking to prevent relapse, the agency reported.

Researchers at the Cleveland Clinic found that Pargluva could double the risk of death, heart attack or strokes in diabetics compared to a placebo.

While meal bolus alarms in diabetic children receiving continuous subcutaneous infusion therapy lead to fewer missed meal boluses and improved glycemic control, the benefits are modest and transient.

The withdrawal of red meat from the diet, either by replacing it with chicken or by following a lactovegetarian LPD [low-protein diet], promotes a beneficial effect on renovascular and cardiovascular risk factors associated with DN [diabetic nephropathy] in patients with type 2 diabetes and macroalbuminuria

Pulse Pressure Can Be Used to Predict Cardiovascular Risk in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Pulse Pressure is a better predictor of CHD events than systolic blood pressure in persons with type 2 diabetes, but the converse is true for CVD and PVD.

Diuretics and beta-blockers, used to treat hypertension, are associated with an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes, new findings indicate.