New software developed by a GP can find people with potential risk for diabetes who have passed blood test, but have been overlooked by doctors.

New treatment gives hope of cure to type 1 diabetes patients.

A new diabetes prevention resource is designed to encourage and help faith-based and community organizations get actively involved in deterring preventable diabetes among African-Americans.

The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health has stopped one treatment within a large, ongoing North American clinical trial of diabetes and cardiovascular disease 18 months early due to safety concerns after review of available data, although the study will continue.

Patients with diabetes in the one-year pilot program substantially increased compliance for the key HbA1c blood test from 43% to 91%.

A new study found that 40 percent of pancreatic cancer patients are diagnosed with diabetes prior to their pancreatic cancer diagnosis. The onset of diabetes appears to be many months (in some cases up to two years) prior to cancer diagnosis. This information provides researchers an important clue for earlier detection of pancreatic cancer. The study was published in this month's issue of Gastroenterology.

FDA has approved Daiichi Sankyo's Welchol to improve glycemic control in adults with type 2 diabetes.

Resistance to insulin that precedes type 2 diabetes may stem from a "metabolic traffic jam".

It is hard enough to be under the weather but it is even more difficult to handle being sick if you have diabetes.Runny nose. Upset stomach. Whatever illness it is, it can make you feel miserable. It is hard enough to be under the weather but it is even more difficult to handle being sick if you have diabetes.

Bayer Diabetes Care has initiated a voluntary market recall of test strips (sensors) used exclusively with the Contour TS Blood Glucose Meter.

A popular class of drugs for treating type 2 diabetes is under scrutiny again. A new Canadian study released by the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) finds that drugs such as Avandia increase the risk of heart failure, heart attacks and death.

Over the four-year span between 1998 and 2002, community health centers not only improved their processes for managing diabetes, but also saw gains in their patients' health.

MBGH releases report on the prevalence, costs and quality of care for patients with Type 2 diabetes.

Holiday celebrations might have some people feeling jolly, but for the 21 million Americans with diabetes and their families, this time of the year raises challenges and anxiety over what to eat.

Kentucky Department for Public Health encourages everyone to find out if you're are at risk for developing type 2 diabetes.