ALEXANDRIA, VA, Jan 05, 2009 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) -- The American Diabetes Association, the nation's largest and leading voluntary health organization in the fight against diabetes, is pleased to announce the newest members elected t...

NEW YORK - Obesity surgery can reverse diabetes in teens, just as it does in adults, according to a small study.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Young people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes are often overweight and many turn to unhealthy weight loss practices, such as using over-the-counter diet aids without a doctor's advice, fasting and taking laxatives,...

ALEXANDRIA, VA, Dec 22, 2008 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) -- Diabetes Forecast, the consumer magazine of the American Diabetes Association, will ring in the New Year with the release of its special 2009 Resource Guide.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy, primarily used as a treatment for obstructive sleep apnea, improves glycemic (blood sugar) control during sleep in patients who also have type 2 diabetics, accor...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Compared with other overweight children, overweight siblings of children with type 2 diabetes mellitus have a significantly higher prevalence of abnormal glucose tolerance, a risk factor for diabetes, according to...

Jay Cutler has a cannon for an arm. A few weeks ago, when the 6-foot-3, 240-pound quarterback for the Denver Broncos and his team were backed up on their 1-yard line, he took the ball, faked a handoff and spun left to find himself face to fa...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Following gestational diabetes, a type of diabetes that developments during pregnancy and usually goes away after pregnancy, treatment with metformin or intensive lifestyle interventions can prevent or delay diabe...

WASHINGTON - New drugs to treat an epidemic of diabetes will have to be screened more closely for heart risks, federal health officials said Wednesday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Cancer, the world's No.

ALEXANDRIA, VA, Dec 16, 2008 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) -- The American Diabetes Association announced today that Richard A.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - For people who have type 2 diabetes, a low-glycemic index diet is significantly better than a high-fiber diet for keeping blood glucose levels down, researchers report .

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In people with type 2 diabetes, intensive drug therapy to significantly lower "bad" LDL cholesterol reduces the thickness of the carotid arteries, the major arteries in the neck that supply oxygen to the brain, re...

HONG KONG (Reuters) - High resting heart rates may be linked to the development of obesity and diabetes, a Japanese study shows.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A low dose of terbutaline at bedtime appears to prevent a drop in blood glucose, or hypoglycemia, during the night in patients with aggressively treated type 1 diabetes, without causing glucose levels to get too h...

ALEXANDRIA, VA, Dec 11, 2008 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) -- Diet and exercise goals always rank high on New Year's Resolution lists.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The investigational drug alogliptin alone is a safe and effective treatment for poorly controlled type 2 diabetes, according to study findings reported in the journal Diabetes Care.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - New research suggests that certain gene variants that increase the risk of type 1 diabetes also raise the risk of celiac disease, according to research published online today by The New England Journal of Medicine...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Compared with standard treatment, intensive control of type 1 diabetes can help stave off diabetic eye disease, but over time this benefit will decline, according to new data from the Epidemiology of Diabetes Inte...

Long-term use of a popular class of oral diabetes drugs doubles the risk of bone fractures in women with type 2 diabetes, a study reports.