Diabetes is caused by your body’s inability to turn what you eat into energy due to a lack on insulin. There are two kinds of diabetes: one in which the body is not able...

Diabetes causes blindness through a condition called diabetic retinopathy. Basically, diabetes interferes with the blood supply to the eye, which in turn damages a very important component of the eye called the retina. This...

Prediabetes is a condition where you have blood sugar levels that are higher than the normal levels - but that are not considered high enough to be classified as type 2 diabetes. Even if you...

If you think that you might have prediabetes, or you have a family history of prediabetes and type 2 diabetes, then you should understand the risk factors. There are many risk factors that may increase your...

Thrilling Lead Sometimes medical clues come from unusual places or from distant decades. This time, the clues come from Jerusalem of the 1960s and 1970s and give us a thrilling lead on the mechanics of...

Increased Risk Pelvic girdle syndrome is associated with pain in both iliosacral ligaments as well as in the symphysis pubis. A new study from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health and Akershus University has shown...

In our section devoted to diabetes, get all of the information you need for understanding this frustrating, but controllable disease. Find out how you can get diagnosed with diabetes and about what to do...

A new study performed by researchers at Emory University shows that those adults who underwent radiation treatment as child cancer patients have a significant risk for developing diabetes. The results of the study were published...