More than 11% of Americans have diabetes, according to the American Diabetes Association. The chronic illness causes hundreds of billions of dollars in medical costs each year. Potentially cost-saving ...

With a lifelong career dedicated to diabetes education and management and now as a clinical pharmacist at Neighborhood Medical Center – a local medical safety net provider - I’ve seen first-hand how ...

Millions of people suffer from Type 1 diabetes, which can be a devastating condition that impacts almost every aspect of your life. While medications have come a long way toward managing the disease, ...

Diabetes isn't curable because of the cells that produce insulin, the hormone key to helping the body break down blood sugar. These are the beta cells in the pancreas that either can't make enough ...

A drug usually prescribed for diabetes has been hailed as something akin to a miracle drug, but until now, scientists haven't ...

University of Iowa professor Calvin Carter could be at the forefront of new treatments for Type 2 diabetes, though his discoveries were almost entirely by accident. While working in the lab of UI ...

Hyperglycemia, or high blood sugar, is a significant risk factor for kidney damage in people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes, as are high blood pressure and obesity. While there isn’t a cure for ...