Scientists find better treatment for diabetic foot disease
People with type 2 diabetes often suffer from poorly-healing infected wounds on their feet.
Using existing methods, however, it takes two days to grow a...
This daily nutrient may protect you from type 2 diabetes
Linoleic acid is an omega-6 fatty acid and is one of two essential fatty acids for people, who must obtain it through their diet.
Foods...
“Good” cholesterol may reverse blood vessel disease in diabetes
In a new study, researchers found increased levels of "good" cholesterol may help reverse disease in the blood vessels in diabetes.
The research was led...
Hormone therapy may help decrease type 2 diabetes
The Women's Health Initiative (WHI) remains one of the most highly quoted when debating the benefits and risks of hormone therapy.
In the WHI studies,...
Why some diabetes drugs could cause heart problems
In a new study, researchers examined why some new diabetes drugs cause heart dysfunction in diabetes patients.
They found these drugs have a profound toxic...
This new method could diagnose diabetes more accurately
In a new study, researchers have developed a new calculator to help clinicians classify whether a patient has type 1 or type 2 diabetes.
This...
This drug is the best for people with type 2 diabetes and kidney disease
Over the years there has been uncertainty over which drugs are best for patients with Type 2 diabetes and one of its common complications,...
Older people with diabetes want more aggressive blood sugar control, but it can be...
In a new study, researchers found elderly people with type 2 diabetes want more medications and more aggressive control of blood sugar.
The findings show...
Some older people with diabetes may use too much insulin
In a new study, researchers found patients with type 2 diabetes who were in poor health were more likely to continue taking insulin after...
This number, not BMI, linked to heart disease in people with diabetes
In a new study, researchers found in people with diabetes, fat mass index, not body mass index (BMI), is linked to a higher risk...