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A high-carbohydrate, low-fat diet may improve insulin control among patients with a specific variant in the IRS1 gene, according to recent results….

Eating processed meats and red meat regularly increases your risk of type 2 diabetes, a large new study shows….

Insulin pumps are vulnerable to determined hackers who could also remotely mess up the readings of blood-sugar monitors, a security researcher who has diabetes revealed at the Black Hat computer security conference, Las Vegas, Nevada.…

A newly-identified protein may hold the key to keeping appetite and blood sugar in check, according to a study by York University researchers.…

Eliminating health care disparities for black patients with diabetes begins with gaining cultural insight and tailoring educational efforts to individual patients….

A new study explains that improved erectile function, sexual desire and lower urinary tract symptoms are enhanced by weight loss in obese men with type 2 diabetes….

Hydrogen Sulfide,a foul-smelling gas with an odor resembling that of rotten eggs and sometimes called “swamp gas,” is generally associated with decaying vegetation, sewers and noxious industrial emissions. As strange as it may seem, it also plays a critical role in protecting blood vessels from the complications of diabetes, according …

Patients with hypertension, diabetes and coronary artery disease who maintained their systolic blood pressure at less than 130 mm Hg did not have improved cardiovascular outcomes compared to patients with usual blood pressure control, according to a study.…

Edited by Trisha Dunning AM, RN, MEd, PhD, CDE, FRCNA and Glenn Ward MBBS, BSc, DPhil (Oxon), FRACP, FRCPath Mr. WC self-referred to a diabetes centre at a tertiary hospital. “I am confused about the recommendations for diet, especially the GI. As a veteran of 27 years of type 1 …

This week, we continue with Part 2 of our Homerun Slides series on GLP-1 Agonist Therapy…. Link to download (.ppt format): GLP-1 Effectiveness, Mechanisms of Action and Potential, Part 2 of 4 Other sets in this series: GLP-1 Effectiveness, Mechanisms of Action and Potential, Part 1 of 4 GLP-1 Effectiveness, Mechanisms …