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Severe hypoglycemia often follows a specific blood glucose fluctuation pattern that is identifiable from SMBG.

Eating nopales along with a traditional Mexican breakfast can help people with diabetes keep their blood sugar under control, a new study shows.

Carbohydrate-rich diets are associated with slightly higher blood pressure than diets rich in cis-monounsaturated fat, according to recently published findings.

Postprandial hyperglycemia is more common than fasting hyperglycemia in type 2 diabetic patients who show nocturnal nondipping of blood pressure.

Hitting the treadmill, the bike trails, or donning your rollerblades can modestly increase high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol levels, according to the results of a new study.

Study found that when the women’s weight was taken into account, sleep apnea was associated with a doubling of the incidence of gestational diabetes and a fourfold increase in the risk of pregnancy-induced hypertension.

Even small amounts of physical activity — approximately 75 minutes per week — can improve cardiorespiratory fitness levels of sedentary overweight individuals, a study shows.

Dr. Sheri Colberg, author of The 7 Step Diabetes Fitness Plan: Living Well and Being Fit with Diabetes, has her own take on what Dick and Steve are recommending. Be sure to read What Does It Take to Break the Cycle, and find out more about the best replacement.

With all the press last week about Avandia and heart disease, patients have been on the phones to their prescribers asking for a change. Stephen Freed, Publisher, Diabetes Educator and Pharmacist, worked with Dr. Richard K. Bernstein, MD, to find the real message in all the hype. To find out …

Patients diagnosed with sleep apnea had more than two-and-one-half times the risk of developing diabetes and increases a person’s risk of having a heart attack or of dying by 30 percent compared with those without the nighttime breathing disorder