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Men aged 35-54 are almost twice as likely to have diabetes compared to their female counterparts, reveals a new report “Diabetes in the UK 2009.”

US scientists have come a step closer to finding a way to help treat people with diabetes by reactivating their own insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas. They discovered a hitherto unknown role for a well known protein: it helps immature endocrine systems generate new pancreatic islet cells, which include …

According to the results of a new study, both obesity and Type 2 diabetes, owing to their harmful effects on adipocytokines and inflammatory mediators, contribute to increased breast cancer risk in premenopausal women.

Sodium bicarbonate supplementation significantly slowed loss of kidney function and improved nutrition status in patients with advanced chronic kidney disease, data from a two-year study showed.

A genome-wide study uncovered five genetic variants that may contribute to blood pressure specifically in African-Americans.

Diabetes patients taking NovoLog((R)) (insulin aspart [rDNA origin] injection) can now use the insulin in their pump for up to six days following the FDA approval of a labeling change. Novo Nordisk announced last week that this makes NovoLog((R)) the first and only rapid-acting insulin with this extended in-use time.

Major depression doubles the risk of incident diabetic foot ulcers, according to the results of a large, prospective, population-based cohort study…… 

New research has identified a genomic fragment, called a transposon, or “jumping gene,” that diminishes the activity of the diabetes risk gene in both mice and humans……

Whatever we have been doing to help patients control their blood sugars over the last 100 years has not worked, most patients are still out of control……

Amylin Pharmaceuticals announced positive results, showing an average 22 pound weight loss from a 28-week study of pramlintide/leptin……