NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Combination therapy with simvastatin and fenofibrate is better than treatment with either drug alone for treating mixed dyslipidemia in patients with type 2 diabetes, according to a report in American Journal of Cardiology.

Alogliptin monotherapy was well tolerated and improved glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes without increasing the incidence of hypoglycemia.

By following a diabetes treatment plan, you are trying to keep an even balance of glucose and insulin in the blood at all times. Just like on the ocean, 4-foot waves are fine and normal, but 12-foot waves can mean rough sailing ahead!

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - For people who have type 2 diabetes, a low-glycemic index diet is significantly better than a high-fiber diet for keeping blood glucose levels down, researchers report

THURSDAY, Oct. 30 (HealthDay News) -- The diabetes drug Avandia should be banned in the United States because it can cause death from liver failure and poses many other life-threatening risks that greatly outweigh its benefits, the advocacy group Public Citizen said Thursday.

LONDON, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Doctors should not routinely give aspirin to people with diabetes to help guard against a heart attack or stroke, a British study found on Friday.

Fri Sep 19, 2008 3:28pm EDT By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Regular moderate exercise helps people with diabetes to reduce fat in their livers, in turn potentially preventing liver failure and heart disease, U.S. researchers said on Friday.

Updated from Aug. 26 Shares of Amylin AMLN fell 25% Wednesday as Wall Street opined on recent cases of pancreatitis and deaths in patients taking the company's diabetes drug Byetta. Also top of mind were possible effects on a prospective long-acting version of the drug.

Millions of Australians suffering type two diabetes have access to a new oral medication designed to better manage the nation's fastest growing chronic disease.

Sweet drinks appear to pose diabetes risks for black women. People looking for an alternative sometimes choose a fruit drink instead. Is that a wise choice?

NEW DELHI: If you are hypertensive and have been prescribed one of the widely used class of medicines called beta blockers—drugs like atenolol, inderal and metaprolol— you could be running an unacceptable risk of diabetes.

WASHINGTON (AFP) — Even low-level exposure to arsenic in drinking water appears to be associated with increased prevalence of type 2 diabetes, researchers said in a study published Tuesday.

Twice a month for 16 years, Paul Friedrich, 80, has commuted from Chicago to Virginia to visit family. In 2008, 26-year-old Leighton Rockafellow Jr. will have backpacked through more than two dozen countries. Both bring an extra companion on every trip: their diabetes.