Medically reviewed by Kelly Wood, MD Diabetes is a common condition that affects about 38 million people in the United States ...

See your doctor if you have these symptoms. Nov. 4, 2013— -- intro: Diabetes affects 24 million people in the U.S., but only 18 million know they have it. About 90 percent of those people have ...

Most people think diabetes announces itself with obvious symptoms like extreme thirst, frequent urination, and dramatic weight loss. While these classic signs do occur, they typically appear when ...

Of those who did receive a diagnosis, 91 percent were on medication but only 42 percent of them had healthy blood sugar ...

Measuring elevated levels of insulin in the blood, called hyperinsulinemia, is a proven way to measure metabolic health and can show the risk of developing future health concerns, including type 2 ...

"THE EYES ARE the window to the soul—and they’re also the window to the body,” says Douglas Wisner, MD, an ophthalmologist with WillsEye Hospital in Philadelphia. “The eyes are the only place in the ...

If you notice your stool is light colored and floating, that's a sign of poor nutrient absorption because of a pancreas malfunction. "The enzymes your pancreas produces help you digest fats in your ...

Elena Flowers, PhD, RN, professor of physiological nursing at UC San Francisco’s School of Nursing is not your typical registered nurse. A research scientist with a doctorate from the School of ...

Researchers identified almost two dozen previously unknown genetic variants linked to type 2 diabetes by including ...