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Canadians live longer and in better health than do their American counterparts, researchers said.…

Patients with diabetic nephropathy (kidney disease caused by diabetes) who received high dose B-vitamin therapy experienced a more rapid decline in kidney function and had a higher rate of heart attack and stroke than patients who received placebo, according to a study….

Latinos have higher rates of developing visual impairment, blindness, diabetic eye disease, and cataracts than non-Hispanic whites, researchers found….

More than 70,000 Americans a year die from complications of diabetes, making it the country’s fifth-largest medical killer. While that sounds dire, Novo Nordisk says the real picture is much worse….

Ivory A. Gordon, Pharm.D. Candidate Florida A&M University College of Pharmacy   Essential oils are complex and contain many different chemical ingredients that are extracted from plants through distillation, a process of purifying liquids by boiling and condensing its vapors. Essential oils serve as an invaluable element of natural healing …

The DIDGET Blood Glucose Monitoring System Bayer Diabetes Care has announced the FDA approval and introduction of the DIDGET™ blood glucose monitoring system in the United States. The DIDGET meter is unique because it is the only blood glucose meter that connects directly to Nintendo DS™ and DS Lite gaming …

Bariatric surgery may appear to cure diabetes based on measurements such as fasting plasma glucose and hemoglobin A1c, but postprandial glucose can still be elevated say researchers….

Diabetes is linked to a 40 percent greater risk of developing atrial fibrillation — the most common kind of chronically irregular heartbeat, researchers found in a new study.…

The first head-to-head comparison across new incretin drug classes in Type 2 diabetes suggests that liraglutide (Victoza) outperforms sitagliptin (Januvia) for glucose control but additional questions remain….

A common generic diabetes drug in combination with a gene-silencing technique to stop spine injuries from getting any worse may work in people with stroke and traumatic brain injuries….