The word “diabetes” serves as an umbrella term covering conditions that share a common symptom—elevated blood sugar—but diverge significantly in their underlying mechanisms, progression patterns, and ...

Type 2 diabetes is a long-term condition where your body either doesn’t produce enough insulin or can’t use the insulin it makes properly, causing blood sugar levels to rise. Keeping an eye on your ...

More Americans are diagnosed with diabetes than ever before, and many are not aware they have diabetes, officials warn. | Piman Khrutmuang, Adobe.stock Nearly 1 in 10 Americans are diagnosed with ...

Genetic epidemiologists have shed important new light on how genes contribute to type 2 diabetes. Ongoing worldwide research of diverse populations by an international team of scientists, including a ...

With diabetes increasing at an alarming rate in the United States, Diabetes Alert Day ® is meant to be a one-day "wake-up call" to the seriousness of diabetes and the importance of understanding your ...

In this fourth episode of “Type 2 Diabetes — Controlling the Epidemic,” a four-part Double Take video miniseries from the New England Journal of Medicine, Drs. Jane E.B. Reusch (University of Colorado ...

Stem cell therapy is an emerging treatment for type 2 diabetes. Although it’s not yet FDA-approved in the United States, it is a rapidly expanding and promising field of research. Stem cells are ...

Living with mental-health disorders is challenging enough without adding physical ailments to the mix. But recent research suggests that people with psychiatric disorders also have higher rates of ...