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The amount of fat a person accumulates in relation to their body size as they grow into adulthood, not their birth size or their growth per se, influences their risk of developing type 2 diabetes, results of a new study suggest.

People with type 1 diabetes who undergo total hip or knee replacement generally fare worse than people with type 2 diabetes, who in turn do worse than non-diabetic patients, according to study findings.

Italian scientists are testing a new diet pill that turns into a clear, gelatinous blob the size of a tennis ball that may help shrink waistlines by giving dieters a sense of satiety.

Women had higher expectations of the benefits of self-management along with more depressive symptoms

Researchers say reversing that pattern offers hope of new diabetes treatments

With the epidemic of diabetes, the annual number of diabetics who have a heart attack has doubled over the past ten years, researchers say.

An increased rate of albuminuria was found in people who reported drinking several sugary (nondiet) soft drinks daily, compared with those who reported drinking one or fewer sugary soft drinks per day. Mounting evidence linking high consumption of fructose to an increased risk of kidney disease could have clinical implications …

Alkermes Inc. announced Friday that partner Eli Lilly & Co said it was pulling out of a pact to develop an inhaled insulin product called AIR over concerns that it might not be able to show the product provides a clear benefit over traditional, injected insulin. Alkermes had provided the …

Sedentary older people at risk of developing diabetes showed significant improvement in the function of their insulin-making beta cells after just one week of exercise.

A New Zealand linkage study examining the associations between glycosylated hemoglobin concentration and mortality regardless of the diagnosis of diabetes