A study led by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine researchers has shown that the investigational new drug liraglutide taken once daily may be safer and more effective than currently available medications for people with type...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Onglyza (saxagliptin), a once-daily tablet to treat Type 2 diabetes in adults. The medication is intended to be used with diet and exercise to control high blood sugar levels.

Happy Thanksgiving! It's a day of family, gratitude, and lots of food. A timeless tradition full of turkey, cranberries, and the ever present pie. Each year is a little different...family members come and go, recipes don't go as planned, and the...

In early 2008, I took a look at Passover through the lens of diabetes. One of the traditions I discussed was Dayenu, a song we sing after the recitation of the Ten Plagues visited upon the Egyptians. The word "dayenu" is sometimes translated as "it...

Thanksgiving eve began this morning as it does every year - with me sticking my head deep into the refrigerator and promising Susanne that the turkey does not smell funny.   We will wake up early tomorrow morning, drag ourselves downstairs and scrub...

I have a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. At Rutgers, I studied Shakespeare, James Joyce and Vonnegut.   Susanne has a degree in sociology. She studied gender roles, poverty and the inequalities within ethnicity and race.   Together, we have...

As people with diabetes, we are tasked by our medical teams with conducting our lives in a manner such as to minimize or mitigate the destructive effects of our medical condition. A lot of press is given to the concepts of "patient compliance" and...