Scientists at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center have determined that excess weight does not necessarily lead to a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes. By studying mice, they learned that ... Read More

Can a mom's high blood glucose levels during pregnancy place her child at risk for obesity during childhood? The study, Childhood Obesity and Metabolic Imprinting: The Ongoing Effects of Maternal ... Read More

According to an article in the Journal of American Medical Association (JAMA), hydroxychloroquine may decrease the risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Hydroxychloroquine (Plaquenil) is an anti-inflammatory drug that is ... Read More

The Diabetes Forum is a place where you can get the inside story on anything and everything about coping with diabetes... from people who do. This week's hot topic is ... Read More

Good health depends on good care. Diabetes is a progressive disease. Even if your diabetes is in total control, you can still experience complications. Often, these complications can begin without ... Read More

The incidence of complications associated with diabetes has been increasing in recent years. Of all people diagnosed with diabetes, 90-95% have type 2. The rate of type 2 diabetes has ... Read More

According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), 1n 2002, at least 54 million American adults had prediabetes. A diagnosis of prediabetes does not automatically mean that it will progress to ... Read More

A diagnosis of diabetes can really derail your lifestyle. All of a sudden, there are a lot of new things to learn and many changes that have to take place. ... Read More

How do you find out that you have Type 2 diabetes? Often, because there may not be noticeable symptoms, the diagnosis is made during an annual physical or checkup. Your ... Read More

Watching your weight can become a full-time job, when you have diabetes. Make the job a little easier. Calorie-Count Plus, part of About.com Health, is the newest version of our ... Read More

Scientists at Columbia University Medical Center have discovered that our bones do more than provide structural support our bodies. They also produce hormones that seem to play a part in ... Read More

In an article that appeared August, 9th, 2007, in Medpage Today, an FDA advisor questions the approval process that the FDA uses when looking at new drugs. The process used ... Read More

The Diabetes Forum is a support system for people whose lives are touched by diabetes, either having the disease themselves or caring for someone who does. There are well over ... Read More

Buffet restaurants are a unique dining experience and a challenge for those who are trying to watch their weight. Whether it's Chinese buffets, big Texas ranch-style extravaganzas, fancy hotel breakfast ... Read More

Insulin resistance is one of the symptoms of metabolic syndrome, pre-diabetes and ultimately type 2 diabetes. But what is insulin resistance? How do you know you have it? Well, that's the ... Read More

A comparison of the only two drugs in the class of thiazolidinediones, seems to project that pioglitazone (Actos) and rosiglitazone (Avandia) carry many of the same general precautions including a ... Read More

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sometimes calls on an advisory committee to help them decide a course of action when issues with medications, products, food or other ... Read More