Diabetes greatly raises the risk for heart, blood vessel and kidney disease, and scientists have been searching for explanations of why high blood sugar would contribute to these severe complications. Now a team of researchers at the University of Virginia Health System is offering a new explanation for this phenomenon.

Patients whose type 2 diabetes was accompanied by minor or major depression had higher mortality rates, compared to patients with type 2 diabetes alone.

Higher insulin concentrations and insulin resistance are associated with an increased risk of pancreatic cancer in men.

New evaluation of diabetes care tracks providers' success over time instead of at a single moment.

Diabetes is a terribly destructive disease and Type 2 diabetes usually does not cause symptoms.

Their findings could lead to new drugs to treat type 2 diabetes, the most common form of diabetes.

New devices that can deliver drugs into the body without using a needle could help improve the success of treatments for type 1 diabetes.

This finding suggests that more education about type 2 diabetes is needed for those suffering from serious mental illnesses.

Opening the possibility of new therapies for type 2 diabetes, researchers have found that a protein called Sirt1 enhances the secretion of insulin in mice and allows them to better control blood glucose levels.

Book by University of Pittsburgh nutritionist for people who want to lose weight and improve diabetes control

Scientists in France and the United States report that a variant of a common protein plays a primary role in Type 2 diabetes and obesity, key features of the insulin resistance syndrome.

It is called "pre diabetes" when a person has the complex of symptoms that indicate they are on their way to developing diabetes.

Early signs of pre diabetes may include an increased tingling or burning in their arms or legs, or even significant pain in their feet.

People with diabetes who are getting more or less exercise than usual on vacation need to do their testing more aggressively.

Serious foot complications develop as a result of the impact that diabetes has on blood vessels and the body's circulatory system. Among other complications, diabetes can cause nerve damage (neuropathy). It is especially common for people with diabetes to have diminished feeling in their feet. Unable to feel pain, diabetics are particularly susceptible to foot problems that, left untreated or detected too late, often lead to amputation.