Weight still matters, even if you put in time at the gym and are fit.

Lack of financial and staff resources, poor clinical information systems, physician workload and resistance to change were all barriers to care using best management processes.

People who find it hard to lose all the weight they want, need to know that even losing modest amounts of weight can pay off in better health.

Reducing systolic blood pressure is critical to slowing the progression of diabetic renal disease, researchers stated at the 35th annual meeting of the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) last week.

The rate of progression of renal disease in proteinuric type 2 diabetic patients with retinopathy is faster than that observed in those without retinopathy

An Appetite stimulant from the brain is the answer.

Neuroendocrine and metabolic responses to moderate, prolonged exercise differ between male and female patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus.

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.