The best foods to naturally lower your blood sugar
Keeping your blood sugar at a healthy level is important for everyone, especially for people who have diabetes or are at risk of getting...
Can a small delay in diabetes treatment cause harm?
Could waiting a little too long to treat high blood sugar lead to serious health problems later?
This simple question from a patient—who was also...
Surprising benefits and risks of diabetes medicine metformin
Metformin is one of the most widely used medicines for treating type 2 diabetes.
This is a condition where the body struggles to keep blood...
Diabetes now affects 1 in 6 American adults
Diabetes is becoming more and more common in the United States. New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that...
Can magnetic fields help people with diabetes exercise without moving?
A new study from Singapore has found a surprising way to help people with type 2 diabetes improve their health—without breaking a sweat.
Researchers from...
Could a common diabetes drug help prevent death in older people?
Delirium is a serious and sudden condition that causes confusion and trouble with thinking clearly. It can make a person unaware of what is...
High blood pressure can quietly harm your kidneys, even without diabetes
New research from the Medical University of Vienna has revealed something important: high blood pressure can directly damage the kidneys—even in people who don’t...
New drug could help treat inflammation in diabetes
Scientists from the University at Albany and NYU Grossman School of Medicine have found a new way to block a harmful process inside the...
Who is more likely to have vision loss in high blood pressure?
A new study has shed light on how vision problems develop in people with a condition called idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH), and it offers...
Antibiotics after childbirth may prevent painful wound complications
A new study from Denmark has found that giving antibiotics to women shortly after childbirth can help lower the risk of serious wound problems.
The...