Apparently, body weight does not play the crucial role in diabetes that it has been attributed to until now. Researchers have found that other factors are more decisive. Photo: Getty Images/fStop ...

An estimated 5.6 million people in the UK are living with diabetes, according to NHS England figures, and rates are rising. The death of US actress Michelle Trachtenberg at the end of February has ...

A new study from the University Hospital of Tübingen, Helmholtz Munich and the German Center for Diabetes Research has found ...

A new gene therapy approach aimed at protecting people with type 1 diabetes from developing diabetic kidney disease—a serious and common complication of the condition, has shown promising results in a ...

In a recent study published in the journal Nature, researchers examined the original framework of the National Health Service (NHS) Diabetes Prevention Programme (DPP) implemented in the United ...

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has approved teplizumab (Tzield, Aventis Pharma Limited) as the UK’s first immunotherapy for type 1 diabetes (T1D). The drug is licensed ...

In a preclinical mouse study, gene therapy delivering VEGFC to kidney cells reduced early signs of kidney damage in Type 1 ...

A new Government report reveals 1 million UK adults are likely to have undiagnosed diabetes and at least 5.1 million are prediabetic. Many of them will be young, of average weight and entirely without ...

Losing weight via lifestyle adjustments can deliver significant long-term health benefits, without the need for surgery or anti-obesity drugs. Alongside preventing diabetes, it can help ward off ...

A hidden genetic variant found in Black and Asian men could cause delays in them being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, new ...