Carrying an excess amount of belly fat increases a person's risk of developing type 2 diabetes. And though frequent high blood sugars alone can be ... Read More »
People with type 1 diabetes are usually diagnosed when they are children, after their pancreatic beta cells stop producing insulin. This cessation has ... Read More »
Using a special "drug cocktail," researchers from Harvard University have stopped the destruction of insulin-producing pancreatic beta cells in mice, ... Read More »
A favorite snack food of mine are pumpkin seeds. Along with peanuts, walnuts and sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds are tasty and nutritious as well. Try ... Read More »
Diabulimia, or insulin omission, is the practice of minimizing or skipping insulin treatments altogether to lose weight. A risky and potentially ... Read More »
Today, most insulin that's used to treat type 1 and 2 diabetes is created by genetically engineered bacteria grown in tanks (in a lab, I presume.) But ... Read More »
A tentative new study is offering hope for those with Type I diabetes and has some researchers even using the words "possible cure." Scientists in ... Read More »












