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, …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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.  …

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, …

Researchers at Baltimore’s Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions have documented such a strong association between diabetes and depression that the research team suggests new treatment options targeting the combined diseases might prove to be more effective …

Black patients have been found to have less success with diabetes control according to a new study. The disparity is being attributed to individual differences in physician care, according to a report in the June …

Exercise is a vital component in the treatment of both arthritis and diabetes and diabetics are diagnosed with arthritis at almost double the rate of the general population.  However, the nature of either disease often …

A class of popular diabetes drugs has been found to be associated with an increased risk of fractures of the hip and wrist in insulin-resistant patients.  The class of drug, insulin-sensitizing thiazolidinediones, makes up about …