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Preprandial inhaled insulin can improve blood glucose control for people with type 2 diabetes who have not had good results with short-acting injected insulin, according to a new review of the body of published research.

Treating hypertension aggressively in people with diabetes becomes even more important. The higher the systolic blood pressure the greater the rate of progression in the carotid intimamedia thickness (CIMT)

Patients with diabetes appear to be at a 3- to 4-fold increased risk of intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) compared with patients without diabetes.

No single agent or combination of oral antihyperglycemic agents has any significant effect on all-cause mortality, according to a new study.

On average, a person newly diagnosed with elevated fasting blood sugars above 100mg/dL progresses to diabetes within less then 3 years. Telling patients with prediabetes to watch what they eat and exercise and come back next year, doesn’t work! More aggressive therapy is needed.

A team of scientists in the US and Canada have discovered a gene variant that is thought to increase a child’s risk for type 1 diabetes.

A lack of vitamin D and calcium in the diet may increase the risk for the metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes in patients with impaired glucose tolerance, nutrition researchers found.

Study showed that high-intensity interval walking can protect against diabetes, prediabetes, high blood pressure and decreased muscle strength among older people. What does it cost? Nothing!

People consuming diets with a higher glycemic index than average were at greater risk of developing advanced age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The researchers suggest that 20 percent of cases of advanced AMD might have been prevented if individuals had consumed a diet with a glycemic index below average.

Preliminary research suggests that use of the anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine may help reduce the risk of the development of diabetes.