Nov. 7, 2024 — People who work the nightshift or odd hours and eat at irregular times are more prone to weight gain and diabetes, likely due to eating patterns not timed with natural daylight ...

Opens in a new tab or window Children and teens had an increased risk of being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes after COVID-19 infection, a retrospective cohort study of over 600,000 youth suggested.

Diabetes describes a group of metabolic diseases characterized by high blood sugar levels. Diabetes can be caused by the pancreas not producing insulin (type 1 diabetes) or by insulin resistance ...

Diabetes is a number of diseases that involve problems with the hormone insulin. There is no cure for diabetes. The warning signs of diabetes can be so mild that you don't notice them. That's ...

For some people living with diabetes, blood sugar can drop or rise overnight, interrupting sleep. Difficulty sleeping can also affect your insulin. But there are things you can do to manage blood ...

Researchers recently found that limiting the amount of sugar children receive in the first 1,000 days after conception can help decrease their risk of diabetes and high blood pressure as they age.

The hemoglobin A1C test is a useful tool to help monitor glucose control or diagnose diabetes, but it’s not foolproof. Certain health conditions or medications may interfere with the test ...

Life with diabetes usually includes many injections of the blood sugar–controlling hormone insulin. Recent research investigating a once-weekly shot finds it might help lessen the burden a bit ...

Diabetes mellitus was the eighth leading cause of death in the United States in 2022, accounting for 3.1 percent of all deaths that year. At that time, around 8.4 percent of adults living in the ...

Experts share strategies for talking with patients who have obesity about weight reduction in ways that allow for cultural differences and body positivity. Treating Obesity: Not for a Lack of ...

Oct. 15, 2024 – As the nation searches for ways to reduce the number of young people diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, a new prevention pathway is emerging: avoiding COVID-19. Teens and ...

Type 1 diabetes (also known as diabetes mellitus) is an autoimmune disease in which immune cells attack and destroy the insulin-producing cells of the pancreas. The loss of insulin leads to the ...