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Women with Type 2 diabetes have a 26 percent increased risk of developing atrial fibrillation, a potentially life-threatening irregular heartbeat, new findings suggest. The reason behind the gender difference isn’t clear, researchers say.

The AADE Education and Research Foundation funded a study of Medicare and commercial member claims which revealed that people with diabetes who received diabetes education have lower average health care costs than patients who do not participate in diabetes education.

For men with Type 2 diabetes, the eosinophil (a cell type linked to allergic inflammation) cell count may be able to estimate the risk of diabetes-related kidney and heart disease in men. This comes from a recently published study in Japan.

The higher incidence of diabetes among African Americans when compared to whites may have more to do with living conditions than genetics, according to a study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland.

U.S. health officials said on Friday they suspect Merck & Co., Inc.’s blockbuster diabetes drug Januvia may be linked to serious cases of inflamed pancreas, but company officials disputed the connection.

There is no reason to test overweight or obese children for insulin resistance, according to an international committee of experts in pediatric endocrinology and diabetes.

High-normal fasting glucose levels in the first trimester increase the risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes, including gestational diabetes mellitus, clinicians from Israel report.

Patients with Type 2 diabetes have more pronounced brain atrophy and are more likely to have cerebral infarcts, a new published study suggests.

Researchers have long suspected that overweight people tend to have large fat deposits in their pancreases, but they’ve been unable to confirm or calculate how much fat resides there because of the organ’s location — that’s until now.

A diet lower in carbohydrates and higher in monounsaturated fats is appropriate nutritional therapy for patients with Type 1 diabetes who have good metabolic and weight control, according to a new published report.