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For heart patients with clogged arteries, the choice between bypass surgery or an angioplasty may come down to one question: How many procedures would you like to have?

Scientists have succeeded in transforming pancreatic cells from adult mice into insulin-producing beta cells, a feat they call an “extreme makeover.” Researchers say feat could lead to treatment for diabetes

Babies born by caesarean section are more likely to get diabetes, according to research. And scientists believe exposure to hospital bacteria may be a factor.

Explains why transplanted insulin cells die.

Metabolic syndrome, a cluster of conditions that increases the risk of heart disease, stroke and diabetes, in extremely obese patients can be cured by gastric bypass surgery, according to the findings from a new study.

The A1c test currently used as the gold standard for monitoring people already under care for diabetes may have far wider use in identifying millions with undetected diabetes, a team led by a Johns Hopkins physician suggests.

Brings death toll to 6 associated with diabetes drug; exact cause unknown

Low or high levels of LDL cholesterol are associated with an increased risk of cancer in patients with type 2 diabetes.

Researchers working on an artificial pancreas believe they are just a few years away from a nearly carefree way for people with diabetes to monitor blood and inject insulin as needed.

Diabetics who take insulin plus a sulfonylurea diabetes pill have a lower risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease than diabetics who take insulin alone, researchers said.