Clinical trials overseen by the University of Miami’s Diabetes Research Center show dramatic results in treatment of Type 2 diabetes. Stem cells developed into pancreatic cells and…

Eating red and processed meat is associated with increases in total mortality, cancer mortality, and cardiovascular disease mortality rates, according to the results of a large, prospective study. During 10 years of follow-up, 47,976 men and 23,276 women….

Adults who have impaired glucose tolerance but who are not considered diabetic are at elevated risk for heart disease and can benefit from….

Insulin Glargine has become the most widely used insulin in the USA owing to its long duration of action without a pronounced peak. This introduction of a new form of insulin has made a dramatic effect on the ability of people to control their blood sugars. But is it being used …

In prospective cohort studies, higher coffee consumption has been associated with a lower risk of Type 2 diabetes. Associations have been similar for caffeinated and decaffeinated coffee suggesting that coffee components other than caffeine have beneficial effects on glucose homeostasis…

What type of life-saving heart operation you should undergo — bypass surgery or angioplasty — largely depends on your age and whether you have diabetes, according to the largest-ever assessment of the two rival procedures. Stanford University researchers found significantly lower death rates among patients….

Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) is commonly associated with the smell of rotten eggs, stink bombs and blocked drains but lower blood levels of the gas are possibly linked to cardiovascular complications in some male patients with Type 2 diabetes. More information…

The combination therapy can decrease Type 2 diabetes morbidity and mortality…

A gene called neurogenin3 proved critical to inducing cells in the liver to produce insulin on a continuing basis. They found that these “islet” cells came from a small population of adult stem cells usually found near the portal vein. Only a few are needed usually because.…

The amount of calcium your body absorbs might depend in part on the amount of dietary fiber you consume and new findings suggest that dietary fiber reduces ….