There may be no harm in adding cinnamon to your diabetes regimen, but does it really help?

Psychiatric disorders, particularly depression, have been previously correlated with diabetes….

Lecture after lecture we all have seen the famous slide first done by David M. Kendall, MD, Richard Bergenstal, MD, et al, at the International Diabetes Center in Minneapolis. I have used that slide in over 100 presentations and I would guess it is the most used slide in the …

I was reviewing some charts with a physician this past week and she made a comment about how many of her younger patients, 18-30 year olds, were overweight and just keep getting bigger. Jokingly I commented that maybe we should put a Lap-Band on at birth and then as soon …

Merck to buy insulin developer SmartCells Inc. in a deal that may exceed $500 million if development and regulatory milestones are met. SmartCells is a private company developing a form of insulin that responds only in a specific glucose concentration range. If successful, the treatment may lower the risk of …

Most Insulin Users Have Inadequate Control of Glycemia and CVD Risk Factors: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a well-established comorbidity of Type 2 diabetes (T2D). The relationships between control of CVD risk factors, CVD comorbidity prevalence and medication status in T2D patients were investigated on a population-based cross-sectional study. A total …

dLife Poll: Half of All Diabetes Patients Struggle to Pay for Medical Supplies: The poll also found that 49% of the more than 800 people surveyed were able to make ends meet with income and health insurance but still felt stress, particularly during certain months of the year. Over 30% …

Influence of Licensed Characters on Snack Preferences: Researchers studied how popular licensed cartoon characters appearing on food packaging affect young children’s taste and snack preferences. Forty 4- to 6-year-old children tasted 3 pairs of identical foods (graham crackers, gummy fruit snacks, and carrots) presented in packages either with or without …

More than half of Americans will have diabetes or be prediabetic by 2020 at a cost to the U.S. health care system of $3.35 trillion if current trends go on unabated, according to analysis of a new report released last week by health insurer UnitedHealth Group Inc….

By the year 2020, 52% of adults in the U.S. could be prediabetic or diabetic, up from about 40% today according to a new report….