Diane Fennell

Working more than 55 hours a week at low-income jobs such as manual work is associated with an increased risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, according to a new study published in the journal The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology…

Shift work is linked to an increased risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, according to new research from China. An estimated 25.8 million people in the United States and 108 million people in China now have Type 2…

Years of research have suggested that there is a connection between obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and Type 2 diabetes. Now, the largest study investigating the conditions to date has demonstrated a link between the severity of a person’s OSA and his risk of developing Type 2…

Much of the news surrounding diabetes tends to be dreary, so a new report from scientists in Germany should come as a welcome change of pace: Good self-management behaviors, they have found, reduce mortality in people with Type 2 diabetes…

Eating saturated fat leads to the accumulation of more visceral fat and less muscle mass than eating polyunsaturated fat, according to new research published in the journal Diabetes. Visceral fat has been linked to metabolic disturbances such as Type 2 diabetes…

As the saying goes, breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and according to new research presented at the annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD), this may indeed be the case..

People with a family history of Type 2 diabetes have an increased risk of developing prediabetes, according to a new analysis from the German Center for Diabetes Research…

According to new research presented at the recent 73rd Scientific Sessions of the American Diabetes Association, this nutrient may also help lift mood and lower blood pressure in women who have Type 2 diabetes and depression…

As the old saying goes, breakfast is the most important meal of the day. And according to new research presented at the annual meeting of the Endocrine Society, this may be true, at least as it applies to insulin resistance…

Working the night shift may reduce glucose tolerance and increase a person’s risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, according to a new study from researchers in Boston…

Obese women taking certain forms of hormonal birth control may be at increased risk of developing Type 2 diabetes compared to obese women using nonhormonal contraception, according to a new study from the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California…

If you have uncontrolled Type 2 diabetes and are obese, you may be interested in a clinical trial that is currently recruiting participants to test the EndoBarrier, a new device intended to improve diabetes control and promote weight loss…

Men with certain cardiovascular risk factors may be at increased risk of developing peripheral arterial disease (PAD), according to new research from researchers Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School…

The link between obesity and Type 2 diabetes is well established in most people’s minds, but it is excess visceral fat (fat that surrounds the internal organs) and insulin resistance — not obesity in and of itself — that puts people at increased risk for Type 2, according to new research….

Normal-weight adults who are newly diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes have a significantly higher risk of death than those who are overweight or obese, according to a new analysis…

Adding to the evidence that there are multiple factors behind the Type 2 diabetes epidemic, several more studies have come out suggesting a possible link between the condition and various chemicals in the environment…

Last week we gave a rundown of some recent research presented at the America Diabetes Association’s 72nd Scientific Sessions in Philadelphia. This week we’d like to continue that theme with a few more notable headlines from those sessions…

Many of us are familiar with the conditions that are typically mentioned as risk factors for Type 2 diabetes, such as family history of the disease, high blood pressure, impaired glucose tolerance, metabolic syndrome, and low activity, to name just a few…

Waist circumference may independently predict a person’s risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, regardless of whether he or she is obese, according to a new study…

People with Type 2 diabetes may need to be screened earlier for colorectal cancer than people without diabetes, according to a preliminary study…

We recently reported on research that strengthened the link between Type 2 diabetes and the common plasticizing chemical bisphenol A, or BPA. Now, a preliminary study has indicated an association between Type 2 and another common type of chemical known as phthalates…

The Helicobacter pylori bacteria, which has previously been suspected of playing a role in the development of Type 2 diabetes, has been linked to impaired blood glucose control in adults in a study recently published in The Journal of Infectious Disease…

Although rising rates of obesity and low levels of physical activity are often held responsible for the dramatic increase in the diagnosis of Type 2 diabetes worldwide, new research reinforces the role of the widespread chemical bisphenol A, or BPA, in causing the condition…

Researchers at Harvard Medical School have found that rotating night shift work can increase women’s risk of developing Type 2 diabetes by almost 60%. According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 15 million Americans work permanent or rotating night shifts…

On March 11, drug manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline and biotechnology firm Tolerx announced that their investigational diabetes drug otelixizumab had failed to preserve beta-cell function in people with Type 1 diabetes in a late-stage clinical trial known as DEFEND-1…