Of all racial/ethnic groups of children in the U.S., the highest rate of diabetes is in the non-hispanic whites - with type 1 diabetes being the predominant kind. These were the findings of a team...

While patient monitoring of glucose levels is essential for type 1 diabetics and also for type 2 diabetics who are using insulin, for those who do not, home glucose tests may not be necessary. Such...

A National TV show is looking for you - diabulimics - type 1 diabetics who are skipping their insulin. Like the story I posted here. I got the word from Karen James, researcher for Connie Bennett,...

You probably already know the very common eye condition brought about by diabetes - diabetic retinopathy - caused by the swelling and leaking of blood vessels or the growth of abnormal new blood...

Coronary artery calcification is an early sign of heart disease, common in those with more body fat. Therefore, most often would mean a bad thing for diabetics since cardiovascular complications are a...

Daily Diabetic made it to # 4 of Health Central's First Annual Diabetes Top Sites Awards. Gee, to be lined-up with the best diabetes blogs and bloggers...makes me giddy and truly honored. Thank...

Manufactured by VeraLight Inc. (Albuquerque, New Mexico), Scout DS™ is a simple-to-use device that weighs about 10 pounds and does not require the patient to fast or provide a blood sample but...

SugarStats.com is a newly launched website created by a 24-year-old computer engineer who knows the challenges of diabetes firsthand. SugarStats.com offers a web-based system to record and track...

And I thought I was already awed by oral insulin! Once Encapsulation Systems' U-Strip™ Insulin Patch hits the market, it will be the first wearable, programmable and non-invasive drug delivery...

The ADA 67th Scientific Sessions in Chicago started today and there has been a noisy buzz on everything diabetes. However, what picked my interest more is the research development on oral insulin....

Phase III clinical trial of Novo Nordisk's investigational diabetes drug liraglutide revealed better control of blood sugar compared to insulin therapy in type 2 diabetes patients. The said trial...

A clinical trial at the University of Western Sydney will find out - wherein a modern Chinese herbal medicine is being investigated to target the early stages of pre-diabetes. In my earlier post, it...

What: American Diabetes Association (ADA)'s 67th Scientific Sessions When: 22-26 June, 2007 Where: Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. The program begins at 2:00 pm on Friday (June 22) and ends at 12:15 pm...

We already know that diabetes can lead to the following complications: blindness, limb loss, severe heart disease and early death. But we must not underestimate the dangers of exhibiting the earliest...

The death rate of men with diabetes has dropped significantly (in line with the overall decline of the death rate for all Americans) while the death rate for women with diabetes did not decline at...

According to a new Japanese study, mulberry extract (a food-grade mulberry powder with an optimized content of 1-deoxynojirimycin (DNJ)) may have the potential to prevent diabetes. DNJ is known to...

Forcing one's self to throw up after eating in order to lose weight is called bulimia. This disorder is very common in teenage girls obsessed with their appearance and losing weight. If you are a...

Last night I found that my other blog (Straight From The Doc) ranked #56 (now #55!) in edrugsearch.com's Healthcare100.com: The World's Top Blogs on Health and Medicine. While I already saw...

The American Journal of Nursing (AJN) in collaboration with the American Diabetes Association, the American Association of Diabetes Educators, Joslin Diabetes Center and the University of Pennsylvania...

Retinaldehyde - a derivative of Vitamin A - has long been known for only one job in mammals: as phototransducer in the eye. Now, Harvard Medical School (HMS) researcher has found a newly-discovered...