You have to know about the culture in order to take care of the patient effectively.”

Researchers say insulin resistance — the hallmark of Type 2 diabetes — is a better indicator of who’s going to get heart disease among Type 1 diabetics.

Quality of care, not availability of care, appears to be the key to preventing hospitalization among patients with diabetes, Dr. James Bailey said at the southern regional meeting of the American Federation for Medical Research.

Increases in blood pressure in young adulthood precede the development of type 2 diabetes in middle age.

After 16 weeks of treatment, mean reductions of HbA1c were -1.6% for the repaglinide group and -1.0% for the nateglinide group.

Mayo clinic study finds alpha lipoic acid decreases burning pain and numbness of neuropathy

Physical activity is vastly underutilized in the management of diabetes.

The findings, put California ahead of national diabetes rates for every population segment under 65 years of age.

Hypertension, with diabetes, has contributed to a 39.5% increase in stroke hospitalizations in South Carolina from 1991 to 2000.

Diabetes appears to raise the risk of developing colon cancer, suggest the findings from a retrospective case-control study.