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A compound formed during insulin production and once dismissed as irrelevant in diabetes may be a key to preventing the complications that make type 1 diabetessuch a serious disease.

Statins — the best-selling class of cholesterol-fighting drugs — should be considered as standard therapy for all diabetics, apart from children and pregnant women, results saw a 10% drop in death and a 21% drop in strokes and heart attacks.

A researcher at the University of Virginia Health System is demonstrating why so many people with diabetes may have heart disease.

Eli Lilly and Company announced that the FDA has approved Cialis(R) (tadalafil) for once daily use (2.5 mg and 5 mg), an oral medication taken once per day to treat erectile dysfunction (ED). When Cialis for once daily use is taken daily, men can attempt sexual activity at anytime between …

Transplantation of insulin-producing islet cells from human donors or cadavers, an investigational approach to long-term diabetes treatment, is fraught with difficulties. San Diego-based MicroIslet, Inc. believes that transplantation of encapsulated islets from pigs may be the answer.

Is an aspirin a day good for you, and how much should you take?

Researchers in Israel report that vitamin E supplements could offer an inexpensive way to significantly reduce the risk of heart attacks and related deaths for the 40% of Type 2 diabetics who carry a particular version of a gene called haptoglobin (Hp) 2-2.

Strawberries are not only delicious and nutrient-rich, new research from Harvard Medical School found that they may offer cardiovascular disease protection.

The magic ingredient in wine is being studied to reduce the effects of diabetes and aging.

Ethanol intake is well known as a potential cause of hypoglycemia in diabetic patients and now new findings from an animal study shed light on the mechanisms involved