Obesity expert Dr. Lee Kaplan of Massachusetts General Hospital tells us how we may be able to bypass the bypass…

Kerri Morrone Sparling discusses what an active patient she was while under the captivity of bed rest.

Often, a lack of knowledge or an absence of support makes it hard to become healthier and improve our diabetes management. But a new online program from Stanford...

Novo Nordisk’s “next-generation” basal insulin degludec. Novo Nordisk has released promising data from a 7,000-participant clinical trial for its next-generation basal...

Kelly muses on the future of GLP-1 agonists and bariatric surgery.

The American Diabetes Association is putting out an expanded third edition of their helpful book The Uncomplicated Guide to Diabetes Complications. In addition to advice...

Puzzled by the recent FDA decisions? Dr. Sanjay Kaul discusses the regulatory environment for diabetes and obesity medications.

Dan Hurley gives a passionate assessment of the rise of diabetes in his book, Diabetes Rising .

Kelly muses on the search for a cure, and what we have in the meantime.

In October, Novo Nordisk announced that it had submitted its two new “next-generation” insulin products for approval in both the US and Europe (and Japan to follow soon...

Eye diseases leading to blindness are consistently ranked among the greatest fears of people with diabetes, and the most common of these eye diseases is called diabetic...

On January 27, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted approval to Bydureon, a new drug for type 2 diabetes that is injected once a week. Approved last year in...

In late November, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (the federal agency that administers the two public insurance programs) announced that Medicare would...

diaTribe 's take on the recent New England Journal of Medicine's piece on weight gain - and loss!

We had the privilege of attending the inaugural Partnership for a Healthier America (PHA) Building a Healthier Future Summit in late 2011 in Washington, DC, where we...

Want faster acting insulin? CDE Gary Scheiner shows you some options with five innovative tips that you may want to consider…

The Diabetes Barometer

We love articles with information that you can apply to your own life. In this article, you receive guidance on how to lower your risk of cardiovascular disease, the...

The Obesity Society's annual meeting has long been our favorite place to catch up on the basic science research behind this critical problem.

A new book on diabetes gives patients a nice framework for their care.