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Elderly patients assigned to once-daily sitagliptin experienced significant reductions in blood glucose without the risk for hypoglycemia in a new study.

A new University of Illinois study suggests that we may pay a price for ingesting too much fructose. According to lead author Manabu Nakamura, dietary fructose affects a wide range of genes in the liver that had not previously been identified.

Scientists have identified 12 new genes that link gallstones and blood cholesterol levels, others link melatonin and sleep patterns to small increases in glucose levels and larger jumps in the risk of diabetes.

Researchers have discovered high doses of thiamine – vitamin B1 – can reverse the onset of early diabetic kidney disease.

A too-fast heartbeat in early adulthood is a warning sign for increased risk of cardiovascular problems decades later on, a Japanese study suggests.

Significant weight loss achieved and maintained by diabetic subjects.

Persons with type 2 diabetes who had a diet high in low-glycemic foods such as nuts, beans and lentils had greater improvement in glycemic control and risk factors for coronary heart disease than persons on a diet with an emphasis on high-cereal fiber.

A 2.5-mg dose of terbutaline at bedtime appears to prevent hypoglycemia during the night in patients with aggressively treated type 1 diabetes, without causing hyperglycemia the following morning, results of a pilot study indicate.

A new drug class is poised to make a splash in the diabetes market, according to a new report, “Diabetes Market Forecast to 2013”

The persistent difference in retinopathy complications between former intensive and conventional therapy for type 1 diabetes continues for years, but begins to decline within a decade, according to new data from the Epidemiology of Diabetes Interventions and Complications (EDIC) study.