Oral insulin absorption and elimination was much faster when compared with subcutaneous injection.

A patch about the size and weight of a matchbook that be worn on the body and with ultrasound can deliver therapeutically effective doses of insulin, has been developed by Penn State engineers

Vascular surgery should not be withheld from patients with diabetes. Even though during 5 years of follow-up, patients with diabetes had about a 50% mortality rate, compared with about a 25% rate among the other patients in the series.

Use of antihypertensive medication by older African Americans to reduce high blood pressure reduced their odds of cognitive impairment by 38 percent. Another reason to take BP medication.

Drinking more than seven cups of coffee per day may reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes.

The medical and psychological needs of women with diabetes should be examined in greater depth, as they experience the disease differently from men.

Atkins diet trimmed significantly more pounds and body fat in obese but otherwise healthy women than a traditional low-fat diet.

Starting treatment with insulin early in the course of type 2 diabetes may improve metabolic control.

OGTT was not required to identify the large majority of diabetic patients in this two-step screening procedure.”

Cost of medical care for a person with diabetes: $10,071 per year, compared with $2,669 for a person without diabetes.