However, if someone receives a diabetes diagnosis as an older adult and their blood sugar is only mildly elevated, medications may not be necessary. In this article, we examine how to control type 2 ...

The difference between type 1 and type 2 diabetes is that people with type 2 have a wider variety of treatment options.

New research highlights strength training as a powerful tool for managing type 2 diabetes. Lifting weights boosts insulin ...

People who have type 2 diabetes have an increased amount of sugar in their blood, also called blood glucose. Increased blood sugar happens when your body’s insulin doesn’t work as well as it should.

Dietary changes are helpful in managing type 2 diabetes, but you don’t have to change everything all at once. A recent diagnosis of type 2 diabetes may leave you feeling overwhelmed. There’s a lot of ...

Diabetes affects 37 million people in the U.S. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates another 96 million people – or 1 in 3 adults – have prediabetes, a condition where blood sugar ...

Fortunately, carefully managing your diabetes, reaching certain health targets, and making healthy lifestyle adjustments can all reduce the impact of type 2 diabetes on your lifespan, potentially ...

A recent study from Germany shows you can cut your risk without losing weight. People with prediabetes who focused on eating better, moving more, and lowering blood sugar, even if the scales didn’t ...

For chef Robin Ray, newly married with young stepchildren, the turning point came when a stabbing chest pain sent her rushing to the emergency room. For Brian Castrucci, the gravity hit when the ER ...

Across the globe, millions of people living with type 2 diabetes also have fatty liver disease (officially called MASLD or ...

An epidemic of Type 2 diabetes continues to plague the United States, leading to calls for reassessing how the disease is ...

Jardiance (empagliflozin) is a medicine for type 2 diabetes approved by the FDA in 2014. It is approved to help lower blood sugar levels in adults and children with type 2 diabetes and to lower the ...