Once known as “juvenile” diabetes, type 1 diabetes was long considered a childhood disease. Although the condition is often diagnosed in children and teenagers, it can develop at any age. Type 1 ...

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 ...

Nearly 39 million American adults are currently living with diabetes, the latest data shows — and between 90% and 95% of those cases are type 2 diabetes. Type 1 diabetes, although it only makes up 5% ...

When people talk about diabetes, they're usually referring to type 2. While this is the most common form of the disease, there are many other types of diabetes. Now, an international diabetes ...

Type 3 diabetes is an unofficial term linking type 2 diabetes to Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimer's symptoms include memory ...

A form of diabetes that quietly affected some of the world’s poorest communities for generations has finally been given its own name and place in the medical playbook. Type 5 diabetes, once buried ...

Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease in which the immune system attacks the insulin-producing beta cells of the pancreas.

In the not too distant past, patients with type 1 diabetes occupied their side of the diagnosis and management aisle, and those with type 2 diabetes occupied theirs. Patients with type 1 diabetes were ...