The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says diabetes is one of the leading causes of death and disability in the country. It’s also one of the most expensive, costing the United States about ...

Diabetes is a metabolic disorder. This means it affects a person’s metabolism, which is how the body makes energy from food. Diabetes causes a person to develop hyperglycemia, or high blood sugar.

It’s estimated that 38.4 million Americans live with diabetes, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention. Diabetes is a major risk factor for heart disease, kidney disease and ...

In 1906, German psychiatrist and neuropathologist Alois Alzheimer examined the brain of a woman who died from abnormal psychopathological conditions. He researched the neurocognitive changes in her ...

The relative risk was greatest in younger adults: people under 50 with diabetes had about seven times the risk of sudden ...

Look online or on social media and you'll come across countless stories of people who claim to have reversed their diabetes by eating a certain food that lowered their blood sugar or using a certain ...