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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the expanded use of the Dexcom G4 Platinum Continuous Monitoring System for patients with diabetes ages 2 to 17 years. The G4 Platinum System, which monitors blood glucose levels in people with diabetes, had been approved for patients ages 18 and older.   Diabetes

A six-week behavior-modification program helped people with diabetes overcome anxieties and prevent plunging blood sugar in a small UK study. Dr. Stephanie Amiel of King’s College London and her colleagues evaluated a program specifically for people with type 1 diabetes who had difficulty recognizing episodes of low blood sugar, or

Well, the long summer break is over, and the school year has begun! With that comes excitement about connecting with friends and meeting new teachers, and of course, some anxieties about embracing a new curriculum and getting good grades. For our children with diabetes, we know there are extra factors

Various types of insulins are not associated with breast cancer risk, according to a study published online Aug. 15 in Diabetes Care. Lamiae Grimaldi-Bensouda, Ph.D., from LA-SER and the National Conservatory of Arts and Crafts in Paris, and colleagues examined the association between individual insulins (glargine, aspart, lispro and human insulin)

Babies who are first exposed to solid food before the age of 4 months or at age 6 months or older are significantly more likely to develop type 1 diabetes mellitus than those with a first exposure at 4-5 months of age, findings from a longitudinal observational study have shown.

A long-term study of intensive lifestyle intervention to reduce cardiovascular risks in overweight people with type 2 diabetes finds no advantage over usual diabetes care. The results appear in the New England Journal of Medicine. In a multicenter study conducted in the U.S., researchers randomized 5145 people (averaging 59 years of

An insulin pump that suspends delivery in the face of falling glucose levels lowers the incidence of nocturnal hypoglycemia, according to aNew England Journal of Medicine study. In the study, sponsored and conducted by the manufacturer, some 250 patients with type 1 diabetes who had recent nocturnal hypoglycemia were randomized

Researchers atWashington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified a way to trigger reproduction in the laboratory of clusters of human cells that make insulin, potentially removing a significant obstacle to transplanting the cells as a treatment for patients with type 1 diabetes. Efforts to make this treatment

According to NICE, people who are diagnosed with a chronic physical health problem such as diabetes are 3 times more likely to be diagnosed with depression than people without it. Depression can have a serious impact on a person’s well being and their ability and motivation to self-manage their condition.

For years, we’ve been warned that diabetes can cause blindness if it’s not controlled properly. Now doctors are warning that diabetics are also more likely to lose their hearing, too. Japanese research has found that hearing problems are far more common in diabetics than their healthy counterparts, even when other