A government advisory panel backed approval of an insulin inhaler Thursday, for the first time potentially offering adult diabetics an alternative to injections for controlling their blood sugar.

Acute insulin-induced hypoglycemia accelerates gastric emptying of solids and liquids in patients with long-standing type 1 diabetes. The phenomenon represents “an important counter-regulatory mechanism to hypoglycemia.

Results of the study showed that most strokes and heart attacks can be abolished or reduced by 50% by simply combining modern blood pressure lowering drugs as amlodipine and perindopril, plus effective lowering of cholesterol, which also reduced new cases of diabetes by 30%.

Scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies discovered a key cellular switch that controls glucose production in liver cells.

People with diabetes are no more likely than the general population to have depression, according to a new study.

Women who eat breakfast are less likely to be overweight than those who fast till lunch or later, especially if their breakfast of choice is cereal.

Micardis has a beneficial effect on insulin resistance, blood sugars, and blood lipids, independent of its effect on the blood pressure.

Study suggests that excessive sleepiness, could also signal depression or even diabetes, regardless of whether an individual doesn’t sleep well. L-Carnipure

A diet rich in soy protein may alleviate fatty liver, a disease which often accompanies diabetes.

Studies clearly showed that moderately active people were 30 – 40% less likely to die from heart disease as compared to the inactive.