Edelweiss Ramal, associate professor of nursing at Loma Linda University, remembers a Latino patient who eagerly agreed …
Articles by Karin Klein
In Mice, Gene Therapy Can Reverse Type 1 Diabetes Without Immunosuppression
One of the holy grails of diabetes research – reversing Type 1 diabetes without the use of immune-suppressing drugs – ma…
Can Apple Cider Vinegar Lower Blood Sugar Levels?
Cleopatra is said to have dissolved a pearl in vinegar and drunk it, to prove to her lover Mark Antony that she was capa…
Having Friends May Protect You From Type 2 Diabetes
Make a friend, avoid diabetes? It’s not quite that simple, but a new study finds that social interaction with a circle o…
CVS-Aetna Merger Could Provide Benefits for People with Diabetes
The bid to purchase health-insurance giant Aetna by pharmacy super-giant CVS would be more than just a merging of corpor…
What is Type 3c Diabetes?
A group of scientists is warning that doctors need to be more aware of a type of diabetes that has been newly studied in…
The Extra Reason to Get a Flu Shot This Year
The flu shot is recommended every year for people with diabetes, both Type 1 and 2, who are more vulnerable to complicat…
Emergency Preparedness Guide for People With Diabetes
We can’t complain that nature isn’t giving us fair warning of impending disasters. Big storms are queued up in the Atlan…
How Gene Editing Might Reshape Diabetes Treatment
The public was agog – and a little nervous – when the announcement came out this summer that researchers had “edited” th…
New CDC Report Shows We’re Failing to Stop Diabetes
Close to half of all Americans have diabetes or are on the path to getting there, according to a new CDC report. Yet man…
