Mayo Clinic has repeatedly been ranked #1 in endocrinology by annual U.S. News and Report medical surveys. One reason is the historical strength and current depth of expertise in diabetes treatment and research, including related areas of obesity and metabolic syndrome.
An excellent story is our work toward finding a means of regenerating insulinproducing [...]

After an indepth selection process, Diabetes UK has chosen three project partners for the User Involvement in Local Diabetes Care Project NHS Lincolnshire, NHS Hammersmith & Fulham, and North Mersey Diabetes Network (consisting of Liverpool PCT, NHS Sefton and NHS Knowsley).
These organisations were selected for the diverse challenges they face as well as their [...]

Bayer Diabetes Care today announced U.S. Food & Drug Administration clearance to market the CONTOUR(R) USB blood glucose meter. Bayers CONTOUR USB meter is the first and only blood glucose monitor that plugs directly into a computer providing users with instant access to information that can help optimize diabetes management. The CONTOUR USB meter is [...]

We are looking for media volunteers from Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities to help us raise awareness of diabetes.
A media volunteer is someone who is willing to be interviewed by a journalist. When there is a diabetes news story in the papers or on TV or radio, the story often includes an interview [...]

Designed to boost the immune system and promote health, probiotics are gaining popularity at the grocery, and Nevella® with Probiotics, made by Heartland Sweeteners, is the first and only such sweetener currently on the market. Diabetes educators will get an early preview of Nevella® with Probiotics at their annual conference in Atlanta in early August, [...]

The Diabetes UK Media Relations Team has been shortlisted as one of five finalists for The Third Sector Excellence Awards in the category of Communications Team.
The other finalists competing for one of the industrys most prestigious awards are the Childrens Society, Crimestoppers Trust, EveryChild and Macmillan Cancer Support.
Winners of all the awards will [...]

US scientists have come a step closer to finding a way to help treat people with diabetes by reactivating their own insulinproducing beta cells in the pancreas, although they acknowledge that this goal is still a long way off. They discovered a hitherto unknown role for a well known protein it helps immature endocrine [...]

Starr County, Texas, sits on the TexasMexico border along the banks of the Rio Grande River. Populated largely by Mexican Americans, it is a rural county where some of the residents live in colonias, unincorporated areas with no city services. The county seat, Rio Grande City, is home to approximately 15,000 people. Scratch the surface [...]

A group of 1516 year old students have been reporting directly to the UK government, (Tuesday 30th June), on their proposals for how nanotechnology could be used to help meet the future needs of the healthcare sector.
During a two week placement period at the Science and Technology Facilities Councils (STFCs) Rutherford Appleton Laboratory the [...]

University of Minnesota Medical School researcher Michael Mauer, M.D., has found a treatment that significantly slows the progression of eye injury in people with type 1 diabetes, a common complication caused by this disease. By administering an antihypertensive, medication commonly prescribed to treat high blood pressure, Mauer and colleagues were able to slow progression of [...]