The Latest Breaking News on Diabetes

Glasgow is the first city in Scotland to sign a declaration to end HIV by 2030 on the commemoration of World Aids Day.

When Jerry Bilinski, a 67-year-old retired social worker, scheduled cataract surgery with Carolina Eye Associates near his home in Fayetteville, North Carolina, he expected no drama, just a future with better vision.

Knowsley has some of the highest levels of obesity in the country

A new study finds that few Americans have heard of MyPlate, the government diet guide that replaced the long-standing food pyramid

Heart disease remains a leading cause of death around the world. And diabetes is one of the risk factors for heart disease. Diabetes is a growing global health concern, with more than 422 million people living with this metabolic disorder — the majority of those with Type 2 diabetes.

More than 37 million people in the U.S. have diabetes, and more than 96 million adults in the U.S. — over one-third — have prediabetes, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

In a first, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a therapy that slows the onset of Type 1 diabetes. Teplizumab, developed by Provention Bio, typically delays the need for insulin shots, blood-sugar monitoring, and diet control by about two years. For some, the effect lasted years longer.

Childhood obesity is a growing concern, with around one in seven children aged four or five in the UK obese

Professor Jon Barry said some of the young people he sees have a body mass index of 75 – three times what their weight should be