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Fenofibrate treatment for at least 3 years is effective in reducing the progression of renal disease in people with type 2 diabetes.

A particular gene variant that could serve as a predictor for type 2 diabetes has been identified by researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center.

Physical Activity in women with type 2 diabetes may not only reduce waist size, but can also reduce the amount of visceral fat surrounding organs in the abdomen — the type of fat known to be associated with insulin resistance, even without diet, a study shows.

Wheat albumin (WA) might be a useful functional food, which, with diet and exercise, could help to improve blood glucose control without any critical adverse effects.

Consumption of small amounts of alcohol improves several measures of diabetes and cardiovascular risk factors in the few hours after eating a meal.

This simple modification dramatically improves healing over standard devices.

The benefits of the therapy were particularly significant in patients with baseline levels higher than 8.5%.

Researchers hope that Implanting a drug-coated, flexible, metal-mesh tube called a drug-eluting stent into the superficial femoral artery of the thigh, that the drug coating will make it more likely to prevent the blockage from recurring, as compared with uncoated stents, which fail to do so in about one-quarter of …

The prevalence of GDM has been increasing over the past 8 years by 12% per year.

Adopting a regular exercise routine for the first time later in life, reduces the development of metabolic risk factors for cardiovascular disease. This message needs to be delivered by the primary care physician.