Study shows the urgent need for better prevention education and diet changes in the US.
In the United States, nearly 13 percent of adults age 20 and older have diabetes, but 40 percent of them have not been diagnosed, according to epidemiologists from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Centers for Disease Control and [...]

A mouse study published in the Royal Society of Chemistry journal Metallomics finds that a drug based on a chemical found in garlic can treat diabetes types I and II when taken as a tablet,
Researchers from the Suzuka University of Medical Science in Japan gave the drug orally to type I diabetic mice, they found [...]

A research team from the Peninsula Medical School, the University of Exeter, the University of Plymouth and the University of Iowa, have found evidence linking bisphenol A (BPA) to diabetes and heart disease in adults
The study, the first to link higher BPA levels and disease in adults, is published in the Journal of the American [...]

Drinking the well known herbal remedy chamomile tea daily with meals may help prevent the complications of diabetes, which include loss of vision, nerve damage, and kidney damage, researchers in Japan and the United Kingdom are reporting.
The findings could lead to the development of a new chamomile-based drug for type 2 diabetes, which is at [...]

A traditional herbal remedy may become a component in combating the rapidly rising cases of obesity and associated heart disease.
Scientists from Germany have recently discovered that extracts of a traditional herbal remedy derived from Tabebuia impetiginosa can act to delay the absorption of dietary fat in animal models. The researchers believe that the extract could [...]

The agency rejects anesthesia recovery drug sugammadex, adding to the list of several rejections this year of drugs that were expected to gain approval.
The decision to reject approval of the the drug sugammadex was a surprise because the expert review committee had recommended approval of the drug.  Th drug is supposed to help patients recover [...]

A study published in the June issue of the Journal of Lipid Research finds that a compound found in brown rice can reduce damage in nerves and blood vessels related to diabetes .
The compound is a growth factor acylated steryl glucosides (ASG), which helps normalize blood sugar and enzymes in diabetics.  The benificial compund is [...]

Research published in the journal Diabetes Care finds that extracts of the Indian herb Coccinia indica significantly reduced blood sugar levels.
In the small randomized study, researchers gave half the participants one-gram C. indica extract each day, and half were given a placebo.
After a 90 day period of this regime, tHose receiving the herb had their [...]

Seniors with type 2 diabetes may experience memory declines immediately after eating unhealthy meal
Adults with type 2 diabetes who eat unhealthy, high-fat meals may experience memory declines immediately afterward, but this can be offset by taking antioxidant vitamins with the meal, according to new research.
There is already growing evidence linking diabetes to cognitive complications in [...]

Another study finds that vitamin D is a key component of good health.  The study ads toa mountain of evidence supporting the need for adequate amounts of the “sunshine” vitamin’s.  Some experts estimate that 15 minutes daily in the sun without sunscreen provides adequate vitamin D.
Individuals with lower blood levels of vitamin D appear to [...]