It has been a year of breakthroughs and setbacks, of medical disappointments and medical wonders.

Be sure to read this article detailing "the year in diabetes." You may be surprised at just how an eventful year it was.

Against the background of the growing incidence of type 2 diabetes and obesity in the United States came news this year about the first new insulin delivery system in 80 years, as well as new categories of drugs for type 2 disease.

Other researchers focused on diabetes risk factors, prevention, and cutting edge therapies, such as islet-cell transplants.