When I receive questions about pre-diabetes and Type 2 diabetes, it’s clear there is considerable confusion surrounding the underlying cause, which is insulin resistance, so let's start with some ...

More than 38 million Americans have diabetes and of them, up to 95% have type 2 diabetes, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). While the condition usually develops in ...

Type 2 diabetes is a chronic health condition that happens when your body stops using insulin properly and sugar builds up in your blood. Insulin, a hormone, helps move sugar (also known as glucose) ...

Hydration is key for people with diabetic kidney disease. Learn how much water to drink, why it matters for blood sugar and ...

Type 2 diabetes is a condition where the body struggles to manage blood sugar, and monitoring levels is key to staying ...

Children most at risk often develop type 2 diabetes having been exposed to diabetes through their mothers in early childhood. They are more likely to be of Māori, Pasifika or Asian decent and more ...

Stem cell therapy is an emerging treatment for type 2 diabetes. Although it’s not yet FDA-approved in the United States, it is a rapidly expanding and promising field of research. Stem cells are ...

Starting Oct. 1, 2025, a new diagnosis code was added to the detailed list of codes used by health care providers: the remission of type 2 diabetes.

When someone is diagnosed with diabetes, it’s usually pretty simple which one they have — Type 1 or Type 2. The rate of diabetes has grown worldwide, having surpassed 800 million people a year ago. By ...

Once known as “juvenile” diabetes, type 1 diabetes was long considered a childhood disease. Although the condition is often diagnosed in children and teenagers, it can develop at any age. Type 1 ...