Diabetes

For diabetics, pricking their fingers each day to test the glucose in their blood is a necessary but painful ritual. But it could be a thing of the past, thanks to the introduction of a new patch that can easily and effectively extract and measure blood-sugar levels. According to the Centers for Disease Control and […]

New research suggests that a diet featuring a range of dairy foods can play a critical role in preventing the development of type 2 diabetes. The research even suggests that high-fat dairy products, such as cheese, can help prevent diabetes. An analysis of pertinent research was carried out by Dr. Michael Tunick, a research chemist […]

Is yogurt the new super food? Studies have shown that it may help reduce the effects of irritable bowel syndrom (IBS) and can even lower blood pressure. Now, a new report suggests it could help lower the risk of type 2 diabetes, a disease currently affecting about 366 million people around the world. The report, […]

There’s some good news in the ongoing fight against diabetes: adult diabetes rates appear to be leveling off. It’s a somewhat surprising change after twenty years where the rate steadily increased. According to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the total number of people living with diabetes increased by […]

New advances in laser technology could soon allow diabetes patients to test their blood glucose without having to break the skin. Electrical engineers at Princeton University in New Jersey have recently developed a prototype device that measures blood sugar by simply aiming a laser at a person’s palm. The laser beam passes through skins cells […]

There’s no denying that dealing with diabetes can be very difficult. But now there’s hope that a radical new treatment — currently being tested in the laboratory — could actually reverse the disease. Researchers in California have been studying obese mice with type 2 diabetes. They’ve now discovered that injecting these mice with a kind […]