diabetes patients

(The Endocrine Society) The Endocrine Society, American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists and American Diabetes Association urge diabetes patients to remain on their prescribed medications unless instructed otherwise by their health-care provider.

Older people with type 2 diabetes may have a higher risk for fractures that those without diabetes, even though they tend to have less bone density loss as measured by bone mineral density testing.

Many patients with diabetes fall short on foot care and footwear, according to a new study.

(Wiley-Blackwell) A new study in the journal Respirology reveals that patients with diabetes who are hospitalized with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease experience longer time in the hospital and are also at an increased risk of death, compared to those without diabetes.

Women under 60 and men under 50 who have diabetes but no other major risk factors for heart disease probably should not be on low-dose aspirin therapy, new research suggests.

New data suggest that aggressive drug treatments to reduce known heart-disease risk factors don't actually help diabetes patients.

Why? And what now?

Lowering blood pressure and blood fat levels to below current targets did not bring down higher risks of heart problems for diabetes patients, according to new results from a landmark federal study.

(University of Washington) Adults with both depression and diabetes are more than twice as likely to develop dementia compared to those with diabetes alone.

Earlier studies have shown that depression alone is a risk factor for dementia, and that diabetes itself is a dementia risk factor.

Researchers found even greater risk of dementia in people with both conditions. The mechanisms behind this increased risk are not yet clear.

The researchers suggest that physicians screen and treat their diabetes patients for depression, which is common in people with diabetes.

A Manhattan doctor thinks he may have found a surgical cure for Type 2 diabetes. Dr. Francesco Rubino will soon begin a surgical trial with overweight - but not obese - diabetes patients.

Harvard stem cell scientists have created the first insulin-producing cells from skin cells of type 1 diabetes patients -- and gained a deeper understanding of the disease