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It was not hypoglycemia from intensive control or intensive control itself that caused the increased deaths in the ACCORD study. This information will not be reported on every TV station as the original study results were, so it is your responsibility to inform your patients that intensive control that is …

Older women who have diabetes face another potential health challenge: colorectal cancer. Researchers from Mayo Clinic report that having diabetes more than doubles the risk of developing certain types of colorectal cancer among women older than 55…. 

Racial disparities could result in life-threatening hypoglycemia and increased complications…. 

Researchers found that, among nearly 140,000 women, Asian women had the highest rate of gestational diabetes, at nearly 7 percent. They were followed by Native American women, at 5.6 percent, and Latina women, at 5 percent…. 

Oramed Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a developer of alternative drug delivery systems, reported results for the recently completed Phase 2b non-FDA clinical trial of its flagship oral insulin capsule, ORMD-0801….

Early trial finds technique is safe, improves blood sugar control….

The risk for insulin resistance and diabetes grows as we age. A new report in Cell Metabolism, reveals a new contributor to the problem: the muscles of elderly people and of people with Type 2 diabetes contain lower concentrations of a protein known as PARL (short for “presenilin-associated rhomboid-like”)….

Results from a phase 3, multicenter study of triple- versus dual-combination, fixed-dose antihypertensive therapy in patients with moderate to severe hypertension showed superiority for triple-combination therapy….

Long suspected of worsening artery damage in patients with diabetes, insulin instead protects blood vessels, a new study by Joslin Diabetes Center scientists indicates…. 

Researchers found that healthy people who had just one night of short sleep can show signs of insulin resistance, a condition that often precedes Type 2 diabetes….