Exercise is beneficial for nearly everyone — but a recent study suggests that strength training is particularly helpful when it comes to managing and preventing type 2 diabetes. The study involved ...

If you or someone you know is managing type 2 diabetes, you’ve likely heard about the benefits of cardio—walking, running, swimming—for blood sugar control and overall health. But strength training ...

When rats’ muscles were activated and strengthened in the experiment, they expressed more of a certain protein linked to improved insulin sensitivity. Animal research out of Japan strengthens the case ...

If you are a woman born in America in 2000, research suggests you have a 39 percent risk of develop type 2 diabetes in your lifetime. And while its hard to pinpoint risk numbers for the entire ...

Isabel Casimiro, MD, PhD, is an endocrinologist at the University of Chicago in Illinois. As a physician-scientist in molecular biology, she uses her research on diabetes, lipid disorders, ...

What is type 2 diabetes? The most common type of diabetes, type 2 diabetes is diagnosed when your blood sugar (also called blood glucose) is persistently elevated above the normal range over a long ...

Type 2 diabetes nearly killed Anthony Wilson before he had even been diagnosed. One morning in 2012, his wife Sheila woke up for work to see that her husband had dark circles under his eyes and his ...

Britain's most successful GP says colleagues call him a "mug" for prescribing life-changing advice instead of pills to cure type 2 diabetes. David Unwin has seen 150 patients brought back from the ...

Experts often talk about the “burden” of a disease or illness. The word acts as a tidy container for all the unpleasantness people with that condition may experience—from their symptoms, to the cost ...

If not managed effectively, Type 2 diabetes can cause both short- and long-term complications, including stroke and high blood sugar. Inadequately managed blood sugar can lead to a range of health ...