Diabetes News Archive

Medicare patients with diabetes and cardiovascular disease can significantly reduce both the cost of their medical care and rates of hospitalization by participating in a telephone-based diabetes disease management program, a new study finds. The authors will present their results Monday at The Endocrine Society's 92nd Annual Meeting in San Diego.

Using gene therapy, researchers in the US managed to reverse Type 1 diabetes in laboratory mice, raising hope that a "cure" for the disease might be developed using this approach. However, only about 50 per cent of the treated mice responded to the therapy, so there is still a lot of work to do before such a method can be trialled as a potential treatment...

A new study in the journal Respirology reveals that patients with diabetes who are hospitalized with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease experience longer time in the hospital and are also at an increased risk of death, compared to those without diabetes.

Adults newly diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes have an elevated risk of developing serious liver disease, such as cirrhosis or liver failure, a new study suggests.

Adults with newly diagnosed diabetes are at higher long-term risk of serious liver disease, including cirrhosis and liver failure, according to a research article published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).

A new survey shows that diabetic individuals who live in a hot climate have important gaps in their heat awareness, or knowledge about proper diabetes self-care in hot weather, even though diabetes raises their risk of heat illness.

It's long been known having diabetes increases a person's risk of kidney failure and vision loss, but a new study suggests another potential negative consequence of the disease.

Adults with newly diagnosed diabetes are at higher long-term risk of serious liver disease, including cirrhosis and liver failure, according to a research article published in CMAJ.

TORONTO - It's long been known having diabetes increases a person's risk of kidney failure and vision loss, but a new study suggests another potential negative consequence of the disease.

Vitamin D deficiency is highly prevalent in patients with type 2 diabetes and may be associated with poor blood sugar control, according to a new study.

A new survey shows that diabetic individuals who live in a hot climate have important gaps in their "heat awareness," or knowledge about proper diabetes self-care in hot weather, even though diabetes raises their risk of heat illness.

( The Endocrine Society ) A new survey shows that diabetic individuals who live in a hot climate have important gaps in their "heat awareness," or knowledge about proper diabetes self-care in hot weather, even though diabetes raises their risk of heat illness. The results of "Diabetes in the Desert: What Do Patients Know About the Heat?" will be presented Monday at the Endocrine Society's 92nd ...

( The Endocrine Society ) Researchers have developed an experimental cure for Type 1 diabetes, a disease that affects about one in every 400 to 600 children and adolescents. They will present their results in a mouse model of Type 1 diabetes on Sunday at the Endocrine Society's 92nd Annual Meeting in San Diego.

A new survey shows that diabetic individuals who live in a hot climate have important gaps in their "heat awareness," or knowledge about proper diabetes self-care in hot weather, even though diabetes raises their risk of heat illness. The results of "Diabetes in the Desert: What Do Patients Know About the Heat?" will be presented Monday at The Endocrine Society's 92nd Annual Meeting in San Diego.

Medicare patients with diabetes and cardiovascular disease can significantly reduce both the cost of their medical care and rates of hospitalization by participating in a telephone-based diabetes disease management program, a new study finds. The authors will present their results Monday at The Endocrine Society's 92nd Annual Meeting in San Diego.

MONDAY, June 21 (HealthDay News) -- Despite its endorsement last year by the American Diabetes Association as an effective way to diagnose type 2 diabetes, new research out of Singapore suggests that the hemoglobin A1c blood test may not accurately identify the disease among elderly Asians.

Vitamin D deficiency is highly prevalent in patients with type 2 diabetes and may be associated with poor blood sugar control, according to a new study. The results will be presented Saturday at the Endocrine Society's 92nd Annual Meeting in San Diego.

( The Endocrine Society ) Vitamin D deficiency is highly prevalent in patients with type 2 diabetes and may be associated with poor blood sugar control, according to a new study. The results will be presented Saturday at the Endocrine Society's 92nd Annual Meeting in San Diego.

Obese people without metabolic risk factors for diabetes and heart disease, such as high blood pressure and cholesterol, do not have the elevated cardiovascular risk typical of obesity, but they represent only a small percentage of the obese population, according to a long-term study. The results were presented at The Endocrine Society's 92nd Annual Meeting in San Diego...