Diabetes News Archive

More than half a century after researchers identified a promising way to treat diabetes based on blocking the breakdown of insulin in the body, a research team led by a scientist at the Mayo Clinic campus in Florida have developed potent molecules that can do just that.

Scientists are teasing out clues to the effect of grapes in reducing risk factors related to cardiovascular disease and metabolic syndrome. The effect is thought to be due to phytochemicals -- naturally occurring antioxidants -- that grapes contain.

Recent decades have seen a huge increase in type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. This is a result of people being less active and eating fattier diets, which can lead to obesity and, in turn, diabetes.

Recent decades have seen a huge increase in type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. This is a result of people being less active and eating fattier diets, which can lead to obesity and, in turn, diabetes. Researchers in Sweden have discovered properties of insulin which reduce inflammation caused by obesity and can therefore lower the risk of type 2 diabetes.

DOHA: Qatars entry into stem cell research brings a glimmer of hope to diabetics. With more than 15 percent of the population suffering from diabetes, the research on stem cell in Qatar will focus on diabetes at the outset.

For years, Guam residents, and Pacific Islanders in general, have been told their genetic predispositions and heavy diets make them prime candidates for developing Type II, or adult-onset, diabetes.

Canada, like the rest of the world, is caught in a diabetes epidemic. Over 2 million Canadians are diagnosed with the disease, and by the year 2020, those numbers are expected to rise to 3.7 million.

A centre built in memory of a teenager who died from complications from diabetes is to be officially opened by Sir Ian Botham.

As the final results of the 2010 General Election are announced, Britain faces the uncertainty of its first hung parliament in 36 years. Politicians will now be frantically negotiating to decide the shape of the new government. Diabetes UK is calling for diabetes to be made a top health priority to improve the lives of people with the condition. Donna Castle, Public Affairs Manager at Diabetes ...