Most people assume diabetes is easy to diagnose. You take a blood test, get a number, and that’s it. But in real life, it’s messier. There are different diabetes tests, and they don’t always tell the ...

Diabetes happens when your body makes little insulin or can’t use it efficiently, which raises your blood sugar too high. Diabetes symptoms can include dark, velvety neck skin, repeated infections, ...

Magnesium deficiency is common in people with diabetes, especially type 2 diabetes, because insulin resistance and urine loss can lower magnesium levels. Correcting a deficiency may help regulate ...

Histological analysis of the human pancreas provides insight into initiation and progression of type 1 diabetes (T1D). Here the authors utilize pancreatic tissue sections across different disease ...

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, ...

If you're living with diabetes, there's a chance you could get a problem with your kidneys called "diabetic kidney disease." You may hear some people refer to it as diabetic nephropathy. It happens ...

Sherri Gordon, CLC is a certified professional life coach, author, and journalist covering health and wellness, social issues, parenting, and mental health. She also has a certificate of completion ...