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If you're one of the millions of folks living with type 2 diabetes, you know that regular exercise can help you keep your blood sugar in check.
Now, new research suggests that working out in the afternoon may help maximize these benefits.
The new study wasn’t designed to say how, or even if, exercising in the afternoon is better for blood sugar control, but researchers have s...
Could a one-hour procedure that involves zapping a part of the intestines mean no more insulin for millions of folks with type 2 diabetes?
Maybe, according to a small study scheduled for presentation next week at the Digestive Disease Week meeting in Chicago.
The new minimally invasive procedure used controlled electrical pulses to change the lining of the first part of the small i...
Put down that sugary soda. It could be deadly, particularly if you have type 2 diabetes.
A nearly two-decade-long study linked high intake of sugar-sweetened beverages -- soda, lemonade and fruit punch -- with premature death in people with type 2 diabetes. The link was found for both h...
Most cases of type 2 diabetes can be linked to making poor food choices, a new study finds.
Researchers from Tufts University in Boston linked poor diet to 14 million cases of type 2 diabetes — about 70% of new diagnoses globally — in 2018.
The biggest impact came from insufficient intake of whole grains, too much refined rice and wheat, and overconsumption of processed meat.<...
Intermittent fasting is all the rage due to its laundry list of potential health benefits -- from weight loss to longevity.
Now, new research suggests that it may beat low-calorie diets when it comes to preventing type 2 diabetes in high-risk people.
Folks who only ate between 8 a.m. and noon for three days a week and ate normally for the other four days showed greater improvements ...
Cutting some carbohydrates may help people with type 2 diabetes live longer -- as long as they are swapping sugar for vegetables instead of steak, new research suggests.
The study, of more than 10,000 U.S. adults with type 2 diabetes, found that those who ate relatively fewer carbohydrates were less likely to die over the next 30 years, versus those with a bigger taste for carbs.
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Troubling new research finds that rates of type 1 and type 2 diabetes are continuing to increase in children and young adults.
Asian or Pacific Islander, Black and Hispanic children had higher rates, the study found.
“Our research suggests a g...
Most Americans with type 2 diabetes are candidates for newer, pricey medications, but few are getting them, a new government study shows.
Researchers found that of U.S. adults with the blood sugar disease, over 80% could stand to benefit from the medications, based on recommendations from the American Diabetes Association (ADA). But only 10% of those people were actually taking the drugs ...
Women who give birth to bigger-than-average babies are susceptible to developing type 2 diabetes later in life, a new study suggests.
Large-for-gestational age infants are defined as those weighing 8 pounds or more, said lead study author Dr. Kartik Kailas Venkatesh, an assistant professor of epidemiology at...
Vitamin D supplements are typically used to guard against bone loss and fractures, but new research offers up another possibility: For folks with pre-diabetes, they may help lower the chances of a full diabetes diagnosis.
Across three clinical trials, investigators found that vitamin D supplements were modestly effective in curbing the risk of pre-diabetes progressing to type 2 diabetes. ...
An artificial pancreas has long been considered the holy grail for people with type 1 diabetes, and new research suggests a more convenient version of this technology may help the millions of people living with type 2 diabetes.
Type 2 is the more c...
It's easy to blame the childhood obesity epidemic for growing cases of type 2 diabetes, but a new study finds nearly one-quarter of all diagnoses are not related to obesity.
“The finding was somewhat surprising,” said Dr. Constantine Samaan, an associate professor in the department of pediatri...
People at risk for developing diabetes could help themselves now by eating fewer carbs, according to new research.
While low-carb diets are a common next step for someone diagnosed with the disease, people who are prediabeti...
A finger that “locks” can be a telltale sign of another condition: Diabetes.
Researchers suspected that this trigger finger, often in the ring finger or thumb, might indicate diabetes after frequently finding the condition in patients who had or developed diabetes. ...
More than 1 million Americans with diabetes have to ration lifesaving insulin because they can't afford it, a new study shows.
Many people delayed picking up their insulin prescription, while others took lower doses than they needed, researchers found.
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The earlier a woman is diagnosed with diabetes, the sooner she may enter menopause, new research shows.
Rates of diabetes have grown steadily, so researchers wanted to understand the long-term implications of
If you are one of the millions of people with type 2 diabetes, losing weight can help reverse the blood sugar disease even if you aren't overweight or obese, new research reveals.
Here's the proof: 70% of people with type 2 diabetes who were a normal weight during the study went into remission after they lost roughly 10% o...
Two common diabetes medications seem to outperform two others when it comes to controlling blood sugar levels, a large U.S. trial has found.
The trial of more than 5,000 people with type 2 diabetes found that two injection medications -- a long-acting insulin and
Every year, hibernating bears are able to feast, pack on a huge amount of weight and then lie around for months -- all without suffering the health consequence of diabetes. Now researchers are closer to understanding their secret.
Scientists with the Washington State University Bear Center say they've zeroed in on eight proteins that appear key to keeping hibernating grizzlies diabetes-pr...
If you're constantly burning the midnight oil, you may be setting yourself up for type 2 diabetes and heart disease.
When compared with folks who go to bed early and wake with the sun, night owls are more likely to be insulin-resistant, a new study finds. When the body doesn't respond well to the hormone insulin, blood sugar can build up in your bloodstream, eventually leading to
Now might be a good time to brew another cup of tea.
Researchers studying the impact of tea found that drinking four or more cups of black, green or oolong tea every day was linked to a 17% lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes over the course of a decade. <...
People with type 1 diabetes who need to inject insulin a few times a day could eventually be switching to an easier-to-take tablet that dissolves inside the cheek.
Canadian researchers working with rodents report they have created an insulin that could be taken in pill form without most of bein...
Though it's not clear how diabetes may be related to hearing loss, many people experience both conditions simultaneously.
About 37 million Americ...
People with type 2 diabetes might face a substantially increased risk of heart failure if they take ibuprofen or some other type of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), a new Danish study indicates.
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Intermittent fasting might help people with type 2 diabetes better control their blood sugar levels, a new study has found.
People with diabetes who restricted their eating to within a daily 10-hour window wound up with blood sugar levels in the normal range for about three hours longer than when they ate whenever they pleased, the researchers reported.
These patients also experien...
Breast cancer is tough to beat, but if you also have diabetes and poor blood sugar control your long-term risk of death rises, researchers report.
Their study included 488 women with metastatic breast cancer, which is cancer that has spread to other organs. Overall survival rates five year...
Texas and Florida are big U.S. centers for Americans dealing with short- and long-term diabetes complications, a new study shows.
The findings could help direct support to people who need it the most, according to the researchers.
"Our analysis has enabled us to create a map of the United States that showcases hot spots of different diabetes complications and any demographic informa...
Certain common viruses, including the genital herpes virus, might contribute to the risk of type 2 diabetes, a new study hints.
Type 2 diabetes is a highly prevalent disease, with older age and obesity being two of the major risk factors. Now the new study suggests that two herpes viruses -- herpes ...
Eating a healthy plant-based diet may help you head off type 2 diabetes, a new study suggests.
Healthy plant-based foods include fruits, vegetables, nuts, coffee/tea, vegetable oils and legumes. Unhealthy plant-based foods include refined grains, fruit juice...
Alcohol abuse is a known cause of liver disease. But one in four adults worldwide has a liver condition not connected to drinking that ups the risk of heart disease, according to an American Heart Association scientific statement.
Babies born to fathers who were taking the common diabetes drug metformin may have a slightly increased risk of certain birth defects, a large new study suggests.
Among over 1 million babies born in Denmark, just over 3% had a birth defect of some kind. But that rate was roughly 5% among babies whose fathers ...
Here's yet another consequence of America's childhood obesity epidemic: New research shows that girls with type 2 diabetes can set themselves up for developing a condition known as polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS).
PCOS occurs when a woman's ovaries or adrenal glands produce more male hormones t...
Images of fat-laden, diseased hearts and blackened, rotting feet might be the last thing you expect to see on the label of a can of soda that your child desperately wants, but would such drastic health warnings about the long-term dangers of sugar stop you from buying it?
Yes, suggests new research that finds parents were 17 percentage points less likely to buy sugary beverages if confron...
Most gene variants that have been labeled "pathogenic" may make only a small difference in a person's risk of actually developing disease, a new study suggests.
When older people cut back on physical activity, their risk of type 2 diabetes rises. But walking regularly can help, a new study suggests.
The more steps you take -- and the more intensely you walk -- the lower your odds for type 2 diabetes, researchers found.
To assess the link between walking and diabetes risk...
Scientists have known for 100 years that insulin is the body's main mechanism for controlling blood sugar levels, but researchers have now discovered a second hormone does the same job a bit differently -- and they say it could be a new target for treating diabetes.
The hormone, called FGF1, is produced in the body's fat tissue. Like
Millions of people are at increased risk of type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure and don't even know it, due to a hidden hormone problem in their bodies.
As many as 1 in 10 people have a non-cancerous tumor on one or both of their adrenal glands that could cause the gland to produce excess amounts of the stress hormone cortisol.
Up to now, doctors have thought that these tumors h...
If your children struggle with their weight, new research suggests they may also suffer from diseases once seen only in adults.
Stiffening of the arteries, which can lead to early heart attacks and strokes, and type 2 diabetes were found in many of the more than 600 obese children, adolescents and young adults studied. And the problem is only getting worse: According to the U.S. Centers f...
A condition called "diabetic retinopathy" often threatens the vision of adults with diabetes, but new research suggests that kids with type 2 diabetes may be particularly vulnerable to the vision-robbing complication.
In fact, these kids were nearly twice as likely to develop the condition as children with type 1 diabetes were, the researchers found.
"The new findings emphasize the ...
According to new research, people with psychiatric disorders often have to deal with another trouble: Higher rates of type 2 diabetes than the general population.
"Increased prevalence of type 2 diabetes among individuals with a psychiatric disorder suggests that these conditions have a shared vulnerability," the Danish researchers said.
In the study, the investigators searched four...
Low-dose aspirin neither reduces nor increases the risk of dementia in adults with type 2 diabetes, a new study finds.
"This is reassuring that an increase in the risk of dementia is unlikely for the millions of people worldwide who regularly take aspirin to protect against the risk of heart attack and stroke," according to study author Jane Armitage, of the University of Oxford in Englan...
If they have diabetes, people with atrial fibrillation (a-fib) are less likely to notice symptoms of the common heart rhythm disorder. They also tend to have a higher risk of serious complications, a new study finds.
"It is remarkable to find that patients with diabetes had a reduced recognition of atrial fibrillation symptoms," said study co-author Dr. Tobias Reichlin, a professor of car...
Managing your diabetes can be tough, but your eyes might thank you for it.
Diabetic retinopathy is a diabetes complication that damages the retina's blood vessels, often resulting in vision loss and blindness. The condition occurs in more than half of people with diabetes.
It affects nearly 8 million Americans and that number is expected to double by 2050, according to an Ameri...
Living near a fast-food restaurant may provide a quick fix if you're famished and pressed for time, but it may boost your odds for type 2 diabetes, a large study of U.S veterans suggests.
Neighborhoods with more supermarkets, however, may protect you against developing diabetes, especially in suburban and rural areas, the researchers said.
"The food availability choices in your envi...
Modern Americans get much less physical activity than their forebearers did 200 years ago, and increasing reliance on technology is a major reason why.
That's the finding from researchers who used data on falling body temperature and changing metabolic rates in the United States to measure de...
Black Americans have been persistently hard-hit with heart disease risk factors for the past 20 years -- and social issues like unemployment and low income account for a good deal of it, a new study finds.
Cardiovascular disease, which includes heart disease and stroke, is the No. 1 killer of Americans, and it's well-known that it exacts a disproportionate toll on Black Americans.
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Statins are proven to lower cholesterol, but they may also come with a downside for patients with diabetes: A new study finds they may make the blood sugar disease worse.
Researchers found that among those taking statins, 56% saw their diabetes progress, compared with 48% of those not taking statins. And the higher the dose of the statin, the faster the progression of the diabetes.
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Type 2 diabetes may up the risk for Alzheimer's disease by altering brain function, new animal research suggests.
A University of Nevada Las Vegas team showed that chronically high blood sugar could impair memory and alter aspects of working memory networks in rodents.
"Diabetes is a major risk factor for developing Alzheimer's disease, but it is not clear why," said study author Ja...
For people with diabetes who have a stroke, there may be an ideal blood sugar target to prevent another one or a heart attack, a South Korean study finds.
To determine average blood sugar levels over the past two to three months, the study team used the hemoglobin A1C test.
"We know that having diabetes may be associated with an increased risk of having a first stroke," said study a...