Many diabetes patients struggle with the regular inconvenience of taking multiple insulin injections every day. However, change  is on the way!

You've heard of the 'rust belt', the 'bible belt', and possibly even the so-called 'stroke belt.' Now, researchers have identified an area of the United States they are calling the 'diabetes belt.'

Trying to maintain normal blood sugar levels can be harmful to type 2 diabetic patients who also have heart disease.

Around the world, millions of people face an increased risk of early death from diabetes and cardiovascular diseases related to diabetes. Researchers found that poor diagnoses and ineffective treatment are to blame.

As many as 35 million adults in the U.S. may suffer with metabolic syndrome-- a group of risk factors including high blood pressure, obesity and high blood glucose levels.

Adults need around 4,000 to 8,000 IU daily of vitamin D to maintain levels of healthful vitamin D metabolites in the range needed to reduce the risk of several diseases by about half.

A new study suggests that lower potassium levels in the blood of African-Americans may help explain why they are more likely than whites to develop type 2 diabetes.

Babies whose mothers had diabetes during pregnancy face an increased risk of childhood obesity. However, a new study shows that breastfeeding may reduce that risk of obesity.

Scientists have developed a simple home urine test that can determine if patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes are producing their own insulin.

New research shows that elderly patients with undiagnosed high blood glucose may face an increased risk of dying in the hospital.