Text message prompts improve diabetes self management

Cell phone-based text message prompts help patients better manage their diabetes, according to a report at CMIO.net on a recent clinical study.

Sisters Start "Diabetic Angels" Group

Sisters work together to educate people about diabetes through their organization Diabetic Angels

FDA adds diabetes warning to cholesterol-lowering medications

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is adding a diabetes risk warning to the safety information on cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins.

New diabetes drug has lower risk of hypoglycemia

A new type 2 diabetes medication called TAK-875 significantly lowers the risk of hypoglycemia than the conventional diabetes drug glimepiride, according to a study conducte

Doctors Important in Battling Diabetes

A diabetes-themed event held by journal Health Affairs talked about how physicians could help in battling the diabetes ep

Resistance training, aerobic training improve insulin sensitivity, glucose control

Resistance training and aerobic training improve insulin sensitivity and glucose control in people with type 2 diabetes, according to a study published in Diabetes Care

Green tea compound may improve blood glucose tolerance

A compound found in green tea improves glucose tolerance and increases insulin secretion in laboratory mice with diabetes, according to the journal Nutrition & Meta

Foods to Fight Diabetes

Learn about foods that you can swap out in your daily diet to help prevent diabetes

Seniors and Diabetes

Type 2 diabetes can affect older people, find out how to best manage it in seniors

Type 2 diabetes may originate in intestines

Type 2 diabetes and problems controlling blood glucose may originate in the intestines, according to researchers at

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