Food scientists have found that certain antioxidants found in red wine and tea may help regulate the blood sugar of people with type 2 diabetes by inhibiting the action of alpha-glucosidase that controls the absorption of glucose from the small intestine, and protect the body from complications such as high …

I often start patients on insulin pumps and because of their large use of insulin start them on U-500 Regular insulin made by Eli Lilly. Lately I have started converting syringe patients over to this strength of insulin also. Now there seems to be an increased interest in this insulin …

While analyzing data from Saskatchewan health databases, Lauren Brown, researcher with the U of A’s School of Public Health, found people with a history of depression had a 30 per cent increased risk of type 2 Diabetes.

Continually revved up insulin production, the kind that results from overeating and obesity, slowly dulls the body’s response to insulin, which increases risk for complications.FDA

In a current study it was found that two nutrients known to participate in the body processes that control blood sugar levels are biotin (one of the B-group vitamins) and chromium (a trace mineral), were able to drop blood sugars and A1c by 1.76 percent.

The findings suggest that there is a direct link between insulin resistance and reduced testosterone levels in men.

Because of all the news about Avandia increasing cardiovascular deaths, Rezulin causing more deaths from liver failure, and things like discontinuation of the intensive arm of the the ACCORD study, etc, Late-stage diabetes drug trials will be longer and costlier with new FDA guidelines aimed at boosting drug safety, and some …

The study showed that 7% of women diagnosed with gestational diabetes were already diabetic at the time of first visit and were misdiagnosed with gestational diabetes, when they had diabetes. They also found that, a HBA1C level at the first visit of less than 5.3 would not develop gestational diabetes …

Researchers have discovered how diabetes, by driving inflammation and slowing blood flow, dramatically accelerates atherosclerosis. It is the bodies reaction to the fatty build-up causing inflammation then the fat itself that causes heart attacks.

Four bioactive components have been extracted from bitter melon and they appear to activate the enzyme AMPK which is one of the compounds that effects fuel metabolism and glucose uptake.