The glycemic index, a current hot diet trend, “does not seem useful in understanding how diet impacts health, it only makes life more complicated for those trying to adopt a healthier lifestyle.” says the author of a new study.

Medicare beneficiaries with diabetes may be adversely affected if blood glucose monitors and related testing supplies are included in Medicare’s competitive acquisition program expected to start in 2007.

Some instances of recurrent hypoglycemic coma among adolescents may be induced by the patients who self-administer too much insulin, purposely.

A compound found in marijuana won’t make you high but it may help keep your eyes healthy if you’re a diabetic, researchers say.

The first symptom of a heart attach for those with diabetes is usually death! Researchers at the Joslin Diabetes Center, say that the discovery may lead to ways to reduce heart attacks in diabetes patients.

Men in the group with the highest cocoa consumption were half as likely as the others to die from cardiovascular disease.

Of the 272 children who received laboratory tests, 45% had abnormal results.

Although the use of metformin in gestational diabetes is not yet accepted as treatment in gestational diabetes, evidence is accumulating that it may be a useful treatment.

Results from a recent survey of over 1000 patients with diabetes tell why they do not test as often as their educators and doctors tell them.

Limiting the consumption of French fries can have an impact