The folks on Capital Hill are just as star-struck as the rest of us, when a famous celebrity is in their midst.  This certainly proved to be the case on June 23, when pop sensation Nick Jonas headed to Washington…

Cognitive impairment in older patients battling type 2 diabetes is a troubling but expected effect of the disease but researchers at the University of Alberta, Canada, have just published a report that suggests cognitive damage occurs soon after the development…

It has been well understood that women with type 2 diabetes who take Avandia or Actos to control the disease are at a higher risk of bone fractures than diabetic men taking the same medications. Until today’s release of a…

“The genomics revolution is here,” according to Dr. James Meigs and, with it, the hope that medical diagnostics and treatments will be revolutionized accordingly.  Two recently published studies, however, suggest the current means of detecting type 2 diabetes or the…

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a warning today to physicans and diabetic patients about the ReliOn single-dose insulin syringes recently recalled by their manufacturer, Covidien Ltd.  The voluntary recall began on October 9, when it was discovered…

Two servings of fish each week has been found to reduce the risk of kidney damage so often associated with diabetes, according to the November issue of the American Journal of Kidney Diseases.  Diabetic study participants who dined on fish…

Adults with type 2 diabetes may have some relief coming their way, according to Canadian researchers who’ve recently published their findings in the prestigious medical journal, Lancet.  The study focused on a long-lasting, self-injecting medication, Exenatide, first of a new…

Two drugs frequently prescribed to diabetics to aggressively lower blood sugar - pioglitazone and rosiglitazone - have been found to increase significantly the risk of developing heart failure. The two medications, which belong to a group of drugs known as…

An exhaustive study that spanned the globe reveals an increased risk, by 20%, a child born by Cesarean section (C-section) will develop type 1 diabetes before turning 15.  Headquartered at Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland, the research team reports 2.3…

People with diabetes are at increased risk of hyperglycemia, a condition marked by high levels of glucose in the bloodstream.  Hyperglycemia can damage the walls of blood vessels to the heart, increasing a diabetic’s risk of having a stroke or…

According to recently released information, the soaring rate of obesity in 6- to 11-year-old American children has tripled in just 30 years.  Alongside that dangerous rise in weight that threatens our nation’s children, a growing number of these children also…

An extensive study conducted by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has revealed the elevated risk of birth defects in women diagnosed with either type 1 or type 2 diabetes before becoming pregnant.  Children born to diabetic…

The old adage that we are what we eat may need a little alteration, according to the findings of a recent study.  It seems likely now that we are what our mothers ate during pregnancy.  And the effect of the…

New data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) indicate a substantial rise in diabetes cases in the last two years, bringing the total cases for 2007 to be almost 24 million, or about 8% of the…