Lois Love Exelbert, RN, MS, CDE, BC-ADM Administrative Director, Diabetes Care Center Baptist Hospital of Miami

Abdominal adiposity was linked with hot flashes in menopausal women, according to results from the Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation (SWAN).

A new study suggests that, for older adults with diabetes, longevity may depend not only on factors such as blood sugar control, but on quality of life as well.

Researchers say obesity epidemic threatens environment, and an additional 250 million tons of greenhouse gases may be released every year to sustain an ever more obese population. The obesity experts condemned the letter in Lancet.

Study concludes that newly diagnosed never treated patients with type 2 diabetes without any cardiovascular risk factors show early manifestations of macrovascular disease.

Near-normalization of blood glucose improves the potentiating effect of GLP-1 on glucose-induced insulin secretion in patients with type 2 diabetes.

New research suggests that resveratrol, a chemical commonly found in red wine, has the ability to lower blood-sugar levels, but it might also produce certain unpleasant adverse effects.

Many health care professionals suspect that a low glycemic diet may play a significant role in controlling pregnancy-related diabetes, but a recent review of evidence evaluating the effects of diet proved inconclusive.

The presence of hyperglycemia in pregnancy below levels diagnostic for diabetes is associated with an increased risk for several negative pregnancy outcomes, according to new research.

High blood pressure and high cholesterol levels appear to be risk factors for retinal vein occlusion, a condition that causes vision loss, according to a new report.