A previously unknown microprotein hidden within the human mitochondrial genome may help explain certain forms of type 2 ...

A medication best known for treating diabetes and helping people lose weight is about to be studied for a very different use: helping Veterans cut back on alcohol. The Atlanta VA Health Care System is ...

Could slightly elevated blood sugar levels lead to serious health problems in the future? A single patient's question sparked nearly a decade of research leading to the development of a landmark model ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Diabetes develops when beta cells are damaged or destroyed, preventing the body from producing enough insulin, the hormone that ...

Lifestyle changes, while important, alone can’t address India’s diabetes epidemic. The need is to expand access to GLP-1 ...

A Korean study published recently suggests that people with type 2 diabetes who are prescribed a particular class of drug might be at a significantly lower risk of dementia. The researchers compared ...

SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - Obesity and longevity have helped make diabetes an epidemic in much of the world, and drugmakers are jockeying to make sure their medicines are used early and often. Companies ...

In a study published in the Journal of Ethnopharmacology on January 29, researchers from the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences identified a rare natural ...

Preventing high blood glucose (pre-diabetes) from turning into type 2 diabetes with lifestyle changes could more than halve the carbon footprint associated with treating the complications of the ...

Medicine and dentistry operate in separate frameworks and training pathways globally. Here are three steps leaders can take ...

Forget the pills — there’s new evidence that exercise may be as effective as medications in treating heart disease and diabetes. more Doctors now advise everyone, from young children to older adults, ...

The current approach, based on Steven Haffner's observations in Finnish population studies [1] and subsequently confirmed, is that diabetes is considered a high-risk state: A person with diabetes and ...