Diabetes may become more common with age because of a decline in the function of mitochondria, the powerhouses of the body’s cells.

More type 2 diabetes patients will get a “glitazone” along with insulin, now that Avandia (rosiglitazone) and Actos (pioglitazone) are both APPROVED for use with insulin.

Individuals who received e-counseling lost 4.8% of their original body weight after participating in the Internet program, almost double the weight loss experienced by individuals who were not counseled.

Every day, millions of Americans start the day with a cup of coffee and they drink it mostly for the same reason.

The test showed that people with Type 1, or childhood-onset diabetes, who take insulin daily were better able to control their blood glucose when they also took Symlin.

Poorly controlled diabetes seems to cause cognitive problems in the elderly, a new study reports.

People with isolated IFG were more resistant to insulin than people with IGT, and that people with isolated IGT showed a greater deficiency in the early and late stages of insulin secretion.

Patients with type 2 diabetes have significantly better fasting plasma glucose levels (FPG) and hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) levels when treated with metformin combined with repaglinide rather than combined with nateglinide.

Aggressive blood pressure control may be the most important factor in preventing adverse outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes.

Enalapril treatment resulted in an absolute risk reduction of 22.4 percentage points for the development of clinical albuminuria over five years.