According to the International Diabetes Federation, more than 500 million people worldwide have Type 2 diabetes.

Managing type 2 diabetes is a demanding daily task involving diet, exercise, and often a complex regimen of medications. For ...

A new study examined whether providing financial vouchers to offset medication costs, conditional on improved blood sugar levels, could enhance glycemic control. The results demonstrated that ...

Type 1 diabetes is controlled through doses of insulin and a diet and exercise program. Since the body cannot make its own insulin, it must be introduced through an insulin pump or an injection. The ...

Nearly 40% of patients diagnosed with type 2 diabetes imperil their health by stopping their medication within the first year, UVA Health diabetes experts note in a new paper highlighting a growing ...

Diabetes and high blood pressure under control is critically important for maintaining brain health. Cognitive decline, ...

Managing your blood sugar and metabolic health is the top thing you can do to mitigate diabetes complications. Other ...

Patients with diabetes whose providers received advice from remote, virtual interdisciplinary rounds had a greater 1-year reduction in hemoglobin A1c than comparable patients. Virtual ...

However, if someone receives a diabetes diagnosis as an older adult and their blood sugar is only mildly elevated, medications may not be necessary. In this article, we examine how to control type 2 ...

CHICAGO -- Mifepristone (Korlym) reduced HbA1c levels in patients with inadequately controlled type 2 diabetes and hypercortisolism, a randomized placebo-controlled trial showed. Among 136 patients, ...

Folks who drop pounds to help control their diabetes receive other substantial heath benefits for all their efforts, a new study says. Substantial weight loss that led to even a short-lived remission ...

People with diabetes who have a positive sense of humor appear to have better diabetes control, according to a series of studies that also show patients can be successfully taught to have a more ...