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According to a new study a majority of diabetics avoid physical activity because they worry about exercise-induced hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) and severe consequences including loss of consciousness.

Researchers have new evidence to show that the heart beats to its own drummer, according to a report in Cell Metabolism, a Cell Press publication. They’ve uncovered some of the molecular circuitry within the cardiovascular system itself that controls the daily rise and fall of blood pressure and heart rate. …

Independent of diabetes status, perioperative hyperglycemia is associated with an increased risk of postoperative infection, according to a new report.

The prevalence of diabetes worldwide will far outstrip even the sharp increase currently projected unless rising trends of obesity are controlled, health experts said last week.

Vitamin K slowed the development of insulin resistance in elderly men in a study of 355 non-diabetic men and women ages 60 to 80 who completed a three-year clinical trial.

Researchers at the Joslin Diabetes Center have shown that insulin-producing pancreatic beta cells can form after birth or after injury from progenitor cells within the pancreas that were not beta cells, a finding that contradicts a widely-cited earlier study that had concluded this is not possible.

High blood pressure medicines can cause a loss in potassium which can lead to diabetes. The drop in blood potassium levels caused by diuretics commonly prescribed for high blood pressure could increase diabetes risk, U.S. researchers said.

People diagnosed with diabetes spend over $4,100 more each year on medical costs than people who don’t have diabetes, a gap that increases substantially each year following the initial diagnosis, according to a study

Women younger than age 65 with diabetes tend to have worse cardiovascular risk profiles than diabetic men of the same age, leading to higher death rates following a heart attack, research shows.

According to a new survey released last week, the vast majority of Americans at risk for type 2 diabetes — 83 percent — are not taking the most basic steps of determining if they are at risk for the disease: getting a blood glucose test if they are at risk …