Diabetic women and patients with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) are at greater risk of cardiac death than other diabetic patients.

Metformin prevented diabetes a substantial 25% after withdrawal. The benefits of metformin in preventing diabetes appear to persist in some patients after the drug has been discontinued, according to a report in the April issue of Diabetes Care.

Eplerenone with enalapril reduces elevated potassium levels.

Nicotinamide (NA), alone or with vitamin E, appears to preserve baseline C-peptide secretion for up to 2 years in newly diagnosed pre-pubertal children with type 1 diabetes who take intensive insulin therapy.

New research into diabetes holds out hope of a cure from the disabling condition.

Fifteen percent of the children of parents with diabetes showed hyperinsulinemia indicating insulin resistance compared to 8% of controls.

Two new studies suggest that the low-carbohydrate Atkins diet may trim pounds faster than the traditional low-fat approach without raising risks for heart disease.

Electronic transmission of blood glucose levels data —in lieu of a clinic visit—results in a similar level of glucose control and incidence of acute diabetes complications when compared with current standard care.

New research reveals that a prospective treatment for autoimmune diseases such as diabetes and multiple sclerosis can result in serious side effects in mice. The researchers from Stanford University found that 86% of the diabetic mice they treated with peptide immunotherapy died as a result.

Treatment with inhaled insulin (INH) is associated with an increase in insulin antibodies, but continuing studies indicate that the insulin antibodies are not associated with increased hemoglobin A1c (HA1c), increased need for insulin, hypoglycemia, or allergic reactions.