NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - While some research has suggested that obese women have an increased risk of having a baby with a birth defect, a new study shows that diabetes may at least partly account ...

People who are overweight or obese have a significantly increased risk of developing diabetes, but exactly how that happens is not well understood. A new study at Washington University School of ...

It's easy to feel like we're invincible when we're young and not think about how everything we do now affects our health as we age. Yes, that tan you got when you were 20 on vacation in Mexico looked ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Differences in medication adherence do not fully explain why African Americans fare more poorly than whites in managing their diabetes, a new study suggests. Research has ...

Winter can quietly worsen foot problems for people with diabetes, increasing risks of cracks, ulcers and infections. Doctors ...

Ethnicity & Disease, Vol. 26, No. 4, Obesity (Autumn 2016), pp. 529-536 (8 pages) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National diabetes fact sheet: national estimates and general information ...

Many Indians develop type 2 diabetes despite appearing slim, a phenomenon linked to unique metabolic patterns. Factors like a ...

For an average 30-year-old with type 1 or 2 diabetes, life expectancy was 14.2 and 7.9 years shorter, respectively, compared ...

Individuals with type 1 diabetes who were not obese showed a fourfold increased risk for dementia (hazard ratio [HR], 4.0; 95% CI, 2.86-5.6) compared with adults without diabetes. Type 2 diabetes ...

People with both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes are prone to tooth decay, and a new study from Rutgers may explain why: reduced strength and durability of enamel and dentin, the hard substance under ...

Low-Risk Bladder Cancer Rarely Progresses to Muscle Invasion Increased risk in first year after diagnosis limited to those with fewest doc visits in previous two years. Isabelle N. Colmers, MSc, from ...