Immunotherapy Shown Safe in Type 1 Diabetes Clinical Trial

WEDNESDAY, Aug. 9, 2017 -- A small clinical trial showed an immune system therapy was safe for people with type 1 diabetes, British researchers report.

The immunotherapy also showed signs of helping to keep insulin production steady in people newly diagnosed with the disease, the study authors said. However, because this was a placebo-controlled safety trial, there weren't enough people included to know for sure how well the treatment works.

Could Big Lifestyle Changes Be Key to Managing Type 2 Diabetes?

TUESDAY, Aug. 15, 2017 -- When it comes to type 2 diabetes management, a new study finds that more is definitely better for lowering blood sugar levels.

The study showed that adding intensive lifestyle management to standard diabetes care (diabetes medication and usual lifestyle change advice) brought blood sugar into a nondiabetic range.

Could a Little Alcohol Lower Your Diabetes Risk?

THURSDAY, July 27, 2017 -- That glass of wine or pint of beer you enjoy with dinner every night might come with an added benefit -- a lower risk of type 2 diabetes, a new Danish study contends.

The researchers found that men who had 14 drinks each week and women who had nine drinks a week appeared to have the lowest risk of type 2 diabetes, compared to nondrinkers or people who drank more heavily, said senior researcher Janne Tolstrup.

New Diabetes Treatment Teaches Rogue Immune Cells to Behave

FRIDAY, July 14, 2017 -- A treatment targeting wayward immune cells in people with type 1 or type 2 diabetes may help even years later, a new study finds.

For the treatment, researchers take blood from a person with diabetes and separate out the immune system cells (lymphocytes). They briefly expose those cells to stem cells from umbilical cord blood from an unrelated infant. Then they return the lymphocytes to the patient's body.

More Than 100 Million Americans Have Diabetes or Prediabetes: CDC

TUESDAY, July 18, 2017 -- More than 100 million U.S. adults have diabetes or prediabetes, health officials say.

As of 2015, more than 9 percent of the population -- 30.3 million -- had diabetes. Another 84.1 million had prediabetes, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Tuesday.

Many People With Type 1 Diabetes Still Make Some Insulin

FRIDAY, June 30, 2017 -- Almost half of people with type 1 diabetes are still producing some insulin more than a decade after being diagnosed with the disease.

The new findings challenge previous assumptions that people with type 1 diabetes lose the ability to produce any insulin -- a hormone that helps usher sugar to cells to be used as fuel -- over time.