Scientists have formally recognized a new type of diabetes, dubbed type 5 diabetes, that is thought to affect 20 to 25 million people worldwide. The condition, which is most common in Asia and Africa, ...

While nearly 40 million people in the US suffer from diabetes, some 8.7 million of them don’t even know they have the ...

More than 588 million American adults are currently living with diabetes, the latest data shows — and between 90% and 95% of those cases are type 2 diabetes.Type 1 diabetes, although it only makes up ...

Diabetes is one of the leading causes of death and disability in the U.S., states the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Around 37.3 million Americans have diabetes, according to the American ...

Metabolic disorders are conditions that affect any aspect of metabolism. Examples of metabolic disorders include diabetes, Gaucher’s disease, and hemochromatosis. Symptoms can include tiredness, ...

A new study published in Communications Medicine, a Nature publication, details the discovery of rare gene variants that increase the prevalence of Type 2 diabetes in multiple generations of Asian ...

COVID-19 infection didn't appear to precipitate a diagnosis of type 1 diabetes in kids, a prospective multinational cohort study suggested. Researchers tested more than 4,500 adolescents every few ...

Elizabeth Cooney is a cardiovascular disease reporter at STAT, covering heart, stroke, and metabolic conditions. You can reach Liz on Signal at LizC.22. It may be time to add Covid-19 infection to the ...

Type 2 diabetes boosts the risk of infections like cellulitis. This higher risk may be due to several factors, such as the effects of diabetes on the immune system and the skin. Without treatment, ...

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