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Adding soy supplements to the diet may not improve blood sugar control in older women who are at high risk of or in the early stages of Type 2 diabetes, a new study suggests….

Preteens and teenagers with Type 1 diabetes have more trouble sticking to their treatment plan — thus raising their risk of blindness, kidney failure and heart disease — if their parents…

The official U.S. guideline that patients with diabetes should receive treatment to a blood pressure target of less than 130/80 mm Hg became suspect following reports from a pair of large studies showing no benefit in these patients beyond a goal systolic pressure of less than 140 mm Hg….

Pioglitazone and insulin together allow greater glycemic control, plus other advantages, in Type 2 diabetics, researchers have found….

Fasting plasma glucose levels within the normoglycemic range in childhood can be a predictor of prediabetes and Type 2 diabetes in adulthood, according to the results of a new study….

Screening for Type 2 diabetes is cost-effective when it’s initiated between ages 30 and 45 and continued every three to five years, researchers say.…

An index developed by Canadian researchers appears to accurately predict which end-stage renal disease patients are most likely to achieve maximum survival benefit with a kidney transplant….

Chocolate appears to protect against hypertension and stroke, researchers found.…

Millions of Americans may have chronic kidney disease (CKD) and not know it, according to a new study. CKD was present in 18% of individuals with prediabetes….

Researchers at the Eastern Virginia Medical School Strelitz Diabetes Center have been awarded a $1,076,250 grant by the Department of Defense (DoD) Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program to develop…