Edelweiss Ramal, associate professor of nursing at Loma Linda University, remembers a Latino patient who eagerly agreed to become a subject in…
One of the holy grails of diabetes research – reversing Type 1 diabetes without the use of immune-suppressing drugs – may have gotten a little bit…
Cleopatra is said to have dissolved a pearl in vinegar and drunk it, to prove to her lover Mark Antony that she was capable of downing an outrageously…
Make a friend, avoid diabetes? It’s not quite that simple, but a new study finds that social interaction with a circle of friends and family has a…
The bid to purchase health-insurance giant Aetna by pharmacy super-giant CVS would be more than just a merging of corporate interests. It also…
A group of scientists is warning that doctors need to be more aware of a type of diabetes that has been newly studied in recent years, which they say…
The flu shot is recommended every year for people with diabetes, both Type 1 and 2, who are more vulnerable to complications of the virus. But this…
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The public was agog – and a little nervous – when the announcement came out this summer that researchers had “edited” the genes of human embryos,…
Close to half of all Americans have diabetes or are on the path to getting there, according to a new CDC report. Yet many of them remain undiagnosed…