British researchers on Friday said diabetes 1 and 2 can lead to serious pregnancy complications. Women must take higher doses of folic acid to reduce risk of serious abnormalities and infant death.

A new study has revealed that drinking coffee can help lower the risk of type-2 diabetes. The study, conducted by the National Public Health Institute of Finland found that people who drank more coffee than others had a lower risk of diabetes....

A new study says that elevated levels of a certain protein may be an early warning sign of type 2 diabetes. Research suggests that raised levels of the protein RBP4 may help identify patients at risk for diabetes before other symptoms appear....

HealthDay - TUESDAY, June 13 (HealthDay News) -- Wondering if you're going to develop diabetes in your lifetime? Spend a minute on the bathroom scale: According to new research, your weight can provide a good indication of your future risk.

Reuters - An experimental diabetes drug by Novo Nordisk dramatically improved blood sugar levels and lowered weight in type 2 diabetes patients in a mid-stage clinical trial, researchers said on Tuesday.

HealthDay - TUESDAY, June 13 (HealthDay News) -- Wondering if you're going to develop diabetes in your lifetime? Spend a minute on the bathroom scale: According to new research, your weight can provide a good indication of your future risk.

Reuters - An experimental drug by Eli Lilly and Co. showed promise in reducing vision loss caused by the effects of diabetes on the retina, according to combined data from a pair of late-stage clinical trials presented on Sunday.

Reuters - Doctors are reluctant to increase doses of patients' medications, even when their blood sugar, blood pressure and other symptoms are clearly out of bounds, experts told a diabetes meeting on Saturday.

Reuters - Regular physical activity does not appear to put diabetic children at risk of dangerous blood-sugar lows, and may instead aid their long-term blood-sugar control, new research shows.

Reuters - For preschool-age children with type 1 diabetes, using a continuous subcutaneous pump to deliver insulin is a "safe, effective and superior" alternative to twice-daily insulin injections, according to a new study.

Reuters - Young women with diabetes with sexual dysfunction may find that Viagra (sildenafil) improves arousal, orgasm and sexual enjoyment and decreases pain during intercourse, results of a small study suggest.

AP - You can add Canadians to the list of foreigners who are healthier than Americans. Americans are 42 percent more likely than Canadians to have diabetes, 32 percent more likely to have high blood pressure, and 12 percent more likely to have arthritis, Harvard Medical School researchers found. That is according to a survey in which American and Canadian adults were asked over the telephone about their health.

Reuters - Children with type 1 diabetes, who have to take multiple injections of insulin, can safely mix rapid-acting and long-acting insulin analogs in the same syringe without compromising long-term control of their blood sugar levels, new research shows.

AP - You can add Canadians to the list of foreigners who are healthier than Americans. Americans are 42 percent more likely than Canadians to have diabetes, 32 percent more likely to have high blood pressure, and 12 percent more likely to have arthritis, Harvard Medical School researchers found. That is according to a survey in which American and Canadian adults were asked over the telephone about their health.

A new study finds that one third of American adults have diabetes; many of whom don't even know it. According to Catherine Cowie, director of the diabetes epidemiology program at the U.S. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive...

- Researchers in the U.S. have found a new method for potential treatment of type-I diabetes. It involves delivering insulin genes to the pancreas. The results of the research at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas and The Baylor...

Reuters - Diuretics and beta-blockers, used to treat hypertension, are associated with an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes, new findings indicate.

Researchers at Cambridge Institute for Medical Research in the UK have identified a variation in a gene that is associated with type 1 diabetes, which leads to retarded production of insulin by pancreas. The new discovery suggests...

Reuters - Women who develop diabetes during pregnancy are liable to have large babies, which in turn can lead to obesity in childhood -- but that chain of events may be interrupted if the mother breast-feeds, researchers report.

Reuters - Parents of teenagers with type 2 diabetes feel they face a range of obstacles to helping their kids take care of their health, a study has found.