Diabetes News & Features

An A1C level above 8 percent was linked to a greater risk of a specific type of fracture in people with type 1 diabetes, but not in those with type 2, according to a new study.

Researchers found that the compound -- dubbed TTP399 for now -- improved patients' blood sugar control when it was added to the standard medication metformin for six months.

About 37 percent of all hospitalization days in a new study’s under-40 group were due to mental illness, the researchers noted. Mood and psychotic disorders were the most common conditions.

Diet Soda Linked to Risk for Diabetic Blindness Jan. 8, 2019 -- Drinking diet soda may raise the risk for a severe type of diabetic eye disease that can lead to blindness, a new study says.The study, published in Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology, is the first to evaluate the link between soft drinks and what’s called proliferative diabetic retinopathy."In our clinical sample of people with diabetes, consuming more than four cans, or 1.5 liters, of diet soft drinks per week was associated with a twofold increased risk of having proliferative diabetic retinopathy," first author Eva Fenwick, PhD,

Canagliflozin (Invokana, Invokamet) is in a class of medications called SGLT-2 inhibitors. These drugs cause the kidneys to remove excess sugar from the blood and excrete it through urine, which lowers blood sugar levels. This class of drugs has been linked to a number of complications, including kidney injury and serious genital infections.

The study of more than 3,000 black men and women in Mississippi found that those who consumed the most soda, sweetened fruit drinks and water had a 61 percent increased risk of developing chronic kidney disease.

Sulfonylureas were associated with 36 percent higher odds of complications, while basal insulin was associated with nearly twice the risk of heart disease and stroke complications, investigators found.

Marshall came from Hollywood royalty -- she was the sister of the late writer-producer-director Garry Marshall and first wife to actor-director Rob Reiner of "All in the Family" fame.

Researchers have found that people with diabetes had lower scores on verbal memory and verbal fluency tests.

New research shows that up to 22 percent of people with diabetes who fasted for lab tests had a low blood sugar episode (hypoglycemia) while waiting for the test.

There were no differences in results among kidney donors or recipients related to the donors' use of marijuana, according to a new study in the Clinical Kidney Journal.

People on sodium-glucose cotransporter2 (SGLT2) inhibitors were twice as likely to require a lower limb amputation as people taking another type of diabetes medication, Scandinavian researchers have found.

People with diabetes who have coronary-artery bypass surgery survive about three years longer than those who have their blood vessels propped open with stents, new research shows.

People with type 1 diabetes who use pot may be at double the risk of developing a potentially life-threatening condition called diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), researchers say.

Could Fasting Help You Lose Weight, Get Healthier? Nov. 5, 2018 -- The route to weight loss has traditionally been to cut calories. Swap that regular soda for diet, grab an apple instead of a cookie, and you'll trim pounds, the idea goes.But, instead of going for such calorie cuts, many people are now taking more intense steps to lower their average daily calorie counts.Called intermittent fasting, this latest way to diet takes a different approach. Rather than change how much you eat, you change when you eat. "Intermittent fasting is loosely defined as periods of non-eating,

People with diabetes who switched to a plant-based diet tended to see a significant improvement in their emotional well-being, according to the combined findings from 11 prior studies.

Severely obese patients who had weight-loss surgery were 40 percent less likely to suffer a heart attack or stroke over five years, versus those on standard diabetes care, according to a new study.

A small study has showed that occasional 24-hour fasting regimens can significantly reverse or eliminate the need for diabetic medication.

Even though diabetes patients often store insulin in refrigerators at home for months before they use it, little is known about how temperature variations affect insulin quality, researchers say.

Very low blood sugar levels are dangerous to anyone with diabetes, and a new study suggests the effects might be even more extreme in people with dementia.

For people with type 2 diabetes, taking a diuretic raised the odds of having an amputation, or requiring an angioplasty or bypass, by 75 percent or more, compared with those not using the medicines, researchers said this week.

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 14 percent of U.S adults have diabetes -- 10 percent know it and more than 4 percent are undiagnosed.

Type 2 diabetes is caused by excess fat in the digestive organs, says an English researcher and physician who has seen his patients go into remission. Losing a substantial amount of weight can kill off that fat, often allowing the organs to work again, including a return to normal insulin production by the pancreas.

In type 2 diabetes, he said, aldosterone can affect how the body uses another hormone -- insulin. Insulin ushers sugar from foods into the body's cells so it can be used as fuel to provide energy.

The FDA is warning about rare cases of necrotizing fasciitis – sometimes called “flesh-eating bacteria” -- of the genitals and genital area in patients taking type 2 diabetes drugs known as SGLT2 inhibitors.