Impaired insulin sensitivity independently predicts mortality in patients with otherwise stable chronic heart failure (CHF).

“The findings of this study suggest that patients with newly diagnosed neuropathy should be screened for diabetes, and in addition, the study emphasizes the importance of early glucose control to prevent diabetic neuropathy.”

This study is the first to show that rosiglitazone has beneficial effects on the heart in type 2 diabetic patients with confirmed ischemic coronary artery disease .

A new way of manipulating human pancreatic beta cells appears to mitigate the shortage of donor cells for transplantation to treat type 1 diabetes and the difficulty of expanding differentiated cells in vitro.

Patients may have a greater capacity to repair their hearts and blood vessels compared to those on conventional dialysis three times a week.

Mothers’ psychological stress, measured as exposure to negative life events, seems to be involved in the onset or progression of diabetes-related beta-cell destruction in young children.

Women who live alone may tend to be more socially isolated, which could in turn affect their lifestyle habits.

A prototype under-skin glucose sensor, developed by a Penn State researcher. The glucose biosensor, when placed under the skin, could provide glucose levels for diabetics without a finger prick. The device, which measures about a centimeter by half a centimeter and is about the depth of a thin hair, is …

Transition Therapeutics Inc. announced that a study demonstrating E1-I.N.T.(TM) can stimulate the regeneration of human islet cells.

New test has the potential to be as significant to health care as measuring cholesterol levels.