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A new study sheds additional light on how erectile dysfunction (ED) interacts with diabetes. The study is another step in uncovering the link between the two disorders, and may lead to improved efficacy in erectile dysfunction treatments.

Practicing endocrinologists are in short supply in many areas of the country, and the situation only has worsened since a 2003 study that showed the national supply to be 12% lower than demand, according to several experts

Doctors in the United States have raised concerns that there could be a connection between diabetes and Alzheimer’s disease.

The number of young children with Type 1 diabetes has risen dramatically in the last 20 years, a study suggests.

54 Million Americans have pre-diabetes and according to a new study, periodontal disease can be a possible cause.

Premenopausal women who were assigned to follow the Atkins diet for one year lost more weight and improved their glucose, lipids and blood pressure, when compared to women who were assigned to follow the Zone, Ornish and LEARN diets, according to a study in the March 7 issue of JAMA.

Intensive care physicians need to “think hard and long” about aiming for tight glycemic control. “We need to be very conservative about starting insulin regimens the minute someone comes into the ICU.”

Diabetes will be a primary contributor to the amount of money people spend on health care in the United States, which is likely to double over the next 10 years – from $2.1 trillion to $4 trillion – according to a new report published in an online edition of Health Affairs.

Scientists at University College London (UCL) have conducted the first clinical trial to demonstrate that an intensive treatment for periodontitis (gum disease) directly improves the health of blood vessels.

Heart disease, diabetes and depression can be a lethal triple-play – boosting a patient’s death risk by up to 30 percent, new research shows.