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The world’s leading supplier of the anti-diabetes drug insulin is withdrawing it from Greece. Could Lilly and Sanofi-Aventis be next…?

Increases in waist circumference and weight may predict incident diabetes, according to the results of a recent study…. 

People who get plenty of vitamin K from food may have a lower risk of developing Type 2 diabetes than those who get less of the vitamin, a new study suggests….

One-time screening for GADAs and IA-2As in the general childhood population would identify approximately 60% of those individuals who will develop Type 1 diabetes over the next 27 years….

Overweight girls who lose weight before they reach adulthood greatly reduced their risk for developing Type 2 diabetes, according to researchers, who analyzed 16 years of data on nearly 110,000 women….

Traffic-related air pollution, known to raise the risk for cardiovascular disease, may also increase the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes in women. Low-grade inflammation may contribute to the higher incidence of Type 2 diabetes in women exposed to air pollution.…

Some types of decaffeinated coffee may acutely impair glucose metabolism but less than caffeine…. 

It’s currently recommended that people be screened for Type 2 diabetes starting at age 45, particularly if they are overweight. But a new study suggests that it would be worthwhile to start Type 2 diabetes screening earlier — between the ages of 30 and 45….

Chemical engineers are working on carbon nanotubes that could be injected under the skin to reveal blood glucose levels…. 

Researchers from the Helmholtz-Centre for Infection Research (HZI) in Braunschweig, Germany, have now developed a new method to cheaply produce insulin for the treatment of diabetes….