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The risk for people on more than five years of insulin therapy was four times higher than the no-insulin group. People with type 2 diabetes who require long-term insulin therapy may be at greater risk of colorectal cancer, a small study suggests.

Among subjects with type 1 diabetes, having a sibling with diabetic nephropathy doubles the risk that an individual will also have this renal complication.

A doctor in the program with 15 diabetic patients stands to collect an extra $18,000 a year in addition to normal fees for service. Employers get lower costs and patients get better care.

Diabetes may be a previously unrecognized risk factor for the progression of parkinsonian-like signs in older persons.

A significant portion of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) cases occur in patients with type 2 diabetes.

That could relate to a loss of 50 pounds a year? The drug makes stomach feel full.

Those who walked regularly had the mental acuity associated with people much younger.

A study suggests that people with diabetes could do well to monitor their blood sugar more than twice a day.