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Adult liver cells can be redirected to produce insulin in response to glucose levels.

Drinking carbonated soft drinks and being overweight may be the two most prevalent causes of nighttime heartburn, according to a new study.

In postmenopausal women with heart disease, impaired fasting glucose is not associated with a greater cardiovascular risk.

A multi-center study of a pill that combines two drugs for hypertension shows significant benefit for people with hard-to-control high blood pressure.

Besides insulin, fat can also cause beta cell burnout.

Insulin resistance typical of type 2 diabetes can be ‘programmed’ across two generations by poor nutrition during a grandmother’s pregnancy and lactation.

Patients taking valsartan were found to have a 23 percent lower risk of developing diabetes during the four or more years of the study.

Oral Insulin Spray (Oral-lyn) for Type 1 and 2 Diabetes is approved for use in Ecuador. On May 3, the Ecuadorian Ministry of Public Health approved the first oral spray formulation of insulin (Oral-lyn, made by Generex Biotechnology Corp.) for the treatment of type 1 and 2 diabetes mellitus. The …

Fat consumption in the diet can lead to healthy blood levels of sugar and cholesterol, say researchers.

Teenagers with type 2 diabetes are likely to have blood vessels that resemble those of someone decades older.