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A drop in blood potassium levels caused by diuretic thiazides could be the reason why hypertensive patients taking these drugs are at higher risk for developing type 2 diabetes, according to a new study.

Young adults who were exposed to diabetes in the womb appear to be at increased risk for developing diabetes at an early age.

Women younger than 65 with diabetes tend to have worse heart problems than diabetic men of the same age, leading to higher death rates following a heart attack, the results of a Swedish study indicate.

Among patients with type 2 diabetes taking oral antidiabetes drugs, hypoglycemia is nearly 3 times more common with sulfonylurea treatment than with metformin use

Risk factors have been identified for recurrent cardiac events in patients with type 2 diabetes, according to the results of a new study. 

Eating fish at least twice a week seems to reduce the incidence of kidney disease in patients with diabetes, according to findings from a large British study.

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.