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Now we can add gum disease to the list of medical problems that people with diabetes are at risk for. Dentists should be added to the diabetes team, so when diabetic patients are sitting in the dentists chair, your dentist can help in the education process.

Fat build-up from fructose consumption may be greater than what occurs when we eat other types of sugars, such as glucose and sucrose, according to a new study. One of the reasons people on low-carbohydrate diets may lose weight is that they reduce their intake of fructose, a type of …

Allogeneic islet cell transplantation outcome is improved with smaller transplant size and with addition of etanercept and exenatide to the post-transplant immunosuppression regimen.

In a case-control study among Hispanic women, physically active breast cancer survivors were 60% less likely to have diabetes compared with a physically inactive control group, Maureen Sanderson, Ph.D., of the University of Texas-Houston School of Public Health at Brownsville, reported at the Department of Defense Era of Hope meeting.

Researchers found that lifestyle factors, such as lack of exercise, can change the activity of genes involved in insulin resistance. And also that environment contributes more than heredity to the development of insulin resistance.

Pregnant women with gestational impaired glucose tolerance (GIGT) may exhibit the same adverse outcomes as do women with gestational diabetes mellitus, according to the results of a new study

New research in the FASEB Journal raises expectorations for people with chronic wounds.

There are “singular” benefits to improving muscular strength in addition to regular aerobic exercise.

Bariatric surgery for obesity such as gastric banding or gastric bypass is associated with a reduction in long-term cardiovascular events, a new study suggests.

Two effective approaches to delivering and adjusting rapid-acting mealtime insulin for people with type 2 diabetes. Adjusting insulin dose using a carbohydrate ratio was compared to a therapy using a simple alogorithm.