Type 2 Diabetes

Intensive treatment to LDL-C reduces CIMT in patients with type 2 diabetes, according to a secondary analysis from the SANDS trial.

Janet Richard Events of Harvard Medical School presented in utero and early childhood development and the effects of diabetes risk at the 2010 ADA conference.

A new study in Cell shows that the human skeleton plays a key role in adjusting blood sugar.

John Harris, MD, talks about the risks associated with diabetes and the steps patients can take to protect themselves.

Zachary Bloomgarden, MD, clinical professor in the department of medicine at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, discusses the use of insulin for type 2 diabetes.

Stephen Brunton, MD, discusses recent clinical trials and the role of blood pressure, lipid and glycemic control in patients with diabetes.

Science is desperate to understand why aging is a risk factor for disease, and why diabetes is associated with aging. The Buck Institute for Age Research may have an answer.

Joslin Diabetes Center resource now offers content including nutritional guides, downloadable educational materials, expert advice, a Celebrity Spotlight, and a monthly raffle, in Japanese, English, and Chinese.

Obese patients implanted with GI Dynamics' EndoBarrier lost an average of 49.5 pounds, and significantly reduced HbA1c and total cholesterol levels.

A new study indicates that higher but still normal blood pressure, slower gait and shakier balance, and/or reporting one's self to be in bad health regardless of actual problems boosts the likelihood that someone with Type 2 diabetes has impaired cognition.

New device combines a high-sensitivity CCD camera with wavelength-specific illumination from LEDs, adding a new dimension to ocular imaging that allows doctors to distinguish between different light absorbing characteristics of chromophores.

Though most middle-aged and older adults with diabetes are as sexually active as those without diabetes, diabetics often complain of a lower libido and orgasm difficulties.

Adjusted risk for end-stage renal disease was approximately six times higher for patients with four risk alleles, or alternative forms of the gene, compared to those with zero or one.

Neither omentectomy alone or in combination with Roux-en-Y gastric bypass improved metabolic function in obese patients.

Patients who saw both a podiatrist and a medical doctor specializing in care of diabetic feet during the year before diagnosis were much less likely to need amputation.

Care costs for patients with diabetes totaled 23 percent of what hospitals spent overall to treat all conditions in 2008.

Patients with long-term diabetes have both functioning beta cells and C-peptides which seem to offer protection against the disease's debilitating comorbidities. This discovery already has researchers thinking about a way to restore pancreas functionality.

A small pilot study found that adolescents with diabetes who received customized text messages related to their medication plan were more likely to adhere to treatment.

As national healthcare reform stresses the importance of adhering to the standard of care and demonstrating tangible results from health interventions, physicians working in underserved communities with high rates of diabetes must seek out innovative ways to educate and engage patients.

Early screening and medical intervention for depression and diabetes, along with fruit and vegetable consumption, can lower an individual's risk of dementia by as much as 21%.

A phase 2b double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial, involving topical gel candidate ARC-4558 for adults with painful diabetic neuropathy produced effective results in relieving the pain.

Results of the ACCORD Eye Study demonstrate that using a combination of lipid drug therapy reduces the progression of retinopathy by about one third.

Conflicting data prevented an advisory committee to the FDA from pulling Avandia completely from the market, but changes are coming and none of it looks all that good for GlaxoSmithKline.

A pioneering surgical technique enables more than 90% of patients with Charcot foot to walk normally again by securing their bones to a device called a circular external fixator.

Patient-physician e-mail messaging can improve the quality of care for patients with diabetes and hypertension, according to new research from Kaiser Permanente.

The transplanted cells strongly activate genes that help to guard against damage from endoplasmic reticulum stress, and suppress other genes that may trigger cellular attempts to self-destruct.

Researchers found a significant decrease in average blood sugar levels from a baseline of 8.3% to 7.5% in the group using sensors and insulin pumps, compared to 8.3% to 8.1% in the multiple daily injection group, at one year.

Found in grapes, blueberries, peanuts and other plants, resveratrol may help treat age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, and retinopathy of prematurity by stopping angiogensis.