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Among elderly Americans, women and those with diabetes and dementia are most likely to find themselves in the Medicare Part D drug plan “doughnut hole”….

Adding soy supplements to the diet may not improve blood sugar control in older women who are at high risk of or in the early stages of Type 2 diabetes, a new study suggests….

Preteens and teenagers with Type 1 diabetes have more trouble sticking to their treatment plan — thus raising their risk of blindness, kidney failure and heart disease — if their parents…

The official U.S. guideline that patients with diabetes should receive treatment to a blood pressure target of less than 130/80 mm Hg became suspect following reports from a pair of large studies showing no benefit in these patients beyond a goal systolic pressure of less than 140 mm Hg….

Pioglitazone and insulin together allow greater glycemic control, plus other advantages, in Type 2 diabetics, researchers have found….

Fasting plasma glucose levels within the normoglycemic range in childhood can be a predictor of prediabetes and Type 2 diabetes in adulthood, according to the results of a new study….

Screening for Type 2 diabetes is cost-effective when it’s initiated between ages 30 and 45 and continued every three to five years, researchers say.…

An index developed by Canadian researchers appears to accurately predict which end-stage renal disease patients are most likely to achieve maximum survival benefit with a kidney transplant….

Chocolate appears to protect against hypertension and stroke, researchers found.…

Millions of Americans may have chronic kidney disease (CKD) and not know it, according to a new study. CKD was present in 18% of individuals with prediabetes….