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GlaxoSmithKline Plc plans to hire doctors to educate their peers about its drugs instead of paying external speakers, a further change to its marketing practices following a record fraud settlement in the U.S. The drugmaker is also investing in improving its multichannel marketing strategy through media such as online streaming of educational ... (more)

A sweetener produced from a plant that is used in making tequila can lower glucose levels and help people with type 2 diabetes and will also help lose weight, according to researchers.

The startup founded by Pappas Ventures of Durham is developing a new diabetes treatment based on the role bile acids play as signaling agents in the gastrointestinal tract.

Doctors have known for some time that women who develop pregnancy-related diabetes - known as gestational diabetes - are far more likely to get full-blown type 2 diabetes years down the road than women who don't develop the condition when pregnant.

TORIN HALSEY/TIMES RECORD NEWS Tuff Banner, 1i, is an active boy living in rural Clay County and living with Type 1 diabetes.

A common cause of type two diabetes is obesity. Nearly a hundred Northlanders worked out hard Sunday to keep that cause of the disease away.

Advances in experimental medicine and biology , Vol. 729 , pp. 111-126, doi:10.1007/978-1-4614-1222-9_8 Much data in the scientific literature demonstrate a fundamental involvement of caveolae in insulin action, although particular aspects remain matters of debate.

More than 1,700 people attended the 12th annual Kiss A Pig gala, which benefitted the Northwest Arkansas chapter of the American Diabetes Association.

Because of degenerative kidney disease, every four hours the 74-year-old went into a room at his home, spending up to 45 minutes ridding his body of waste products and extra fluid.

Over nine million Canadians are living with diabetes or prediabetes. Chances are, diabetes affects you or someone you know.

In a new study published today in Annals of Surgical Oncology , clinicians worked with mathematicians to review data from 1973 to 2013 to conclude there was a time-dependent link between being diagnosed with diabetes and pancreatic cancer.

Your doctor told you that you should see a podiatrist because you have diabetes.

You may remember our special edition from late 2012, in which our T1 host and community D-educator W il Dubois had a few things to say about drinking with diabetes.

Pregnant women may face an increased risk of early heart disease when they develop gestational diabetes, according to research in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

By Lauren Fischer From Las Fabulosas For many working toward weight-loss goals, choosing sugar-free foods and drinks would seem right.

FILE PHOTO/Joe Lumaya Hannah Giffin had over 100 people attend her bowling fundraiser for the American Diabetes Association last year.

As inconsistent as it sounds, America does not have the largest population of diabetics.

Children and adolescents older than age 8 at the onset of type 1 diabetes had weaker brain connectivity when tested later in life relative to those who had earlier ages of diagnosis, University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences researchers discovered.

INLAND EMPIRE Regular dental checkups are essential to maintaining oral health. In addition to preventing dental caries and removing tartar that contributes to gum disease, dental checkups can alert patients to other potential health problems.

Some try ignoring the disease until it pounces with complications. Others deal with it in passing until problems begin emerging.