Obese individuals have delayed transcapillary transport of insulin to muscle tissue, 25 minutes slower, Swedish researchers report in the September issue of Diabetes.

A simple test that measures long-term blood sugar may help identify millions of people with undiagnosed type 2 diabetes.

Pyridoxamine, an inhibitor of advanced glycation end products (AGEs), appears to protect against pathological changes in the retinas of diabetic rats and may be a new treatment for diabetic retinopathy.

The only way of reducing microvascular disease currently is by maintaining tight glycemic control, flexible insulin management is one way to achieve it.

The partners of patients with type 2 diabetes experience at least as much depression and anxiety as the diabetic patients themselves, especially if they are female.

Although conventional wisdom is that obesity causes high cholesterol, results of a study in the September issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition suggest that, at least for girls, high cholesterol can be a marker of obesity developing later in childhood.

Diabetes and its complications are the leading cause of non-traumatic lower extremity amputations in the United States. Neuropathy, a common complication of diabetes, is a major contributing force leading to lower extremity amputation. Neuropathy leads to an anesthetic foot with increased pressure on the sole of the foot. This increased …

Beta cell function can be preserved in patients with type 1 diabetes for at least two years after diagnosis by adding nicotinamide (NA) therapy to intensive insulin therapy (IIT).

Waist circumference is a better indicator of cardiovascular (CV) risk than is body mass index (BMI). that, according to results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) III published in the September issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

Aerobic exercise training can improve endothelial function.