CLEVELAND, Ohio — Patients with Type 1 diabetes have lost the specialized pancreatic cells that produce insulin, putting them at risk for dangerous seizures or loss of consciousness due to severe low ...

When the pancreas stops producing insulin, glucose doesn't enter our cells. Instead, it accumulates in the bloodstream. In ...

An expert who lives with diabetes explains why carbohydrates aren’t the enemy — and how understanding them can help people ...

A clinical trial has shown that Ozempic improves blood glucose levels and weight loss in overweight type 1 diabetics who use an automated insulin delivery system. It’s hoped that this will lead to the ...

Illness and stress hormones can cause your blood sugar to swing unpredictably, sometimes leading to dangerously high or low levels that can complicate your type 1 diabetes management. It’s important ...

A new clinical trial found that taking a popular diabetes and weight-loss drug once weekly significantly improves blood sugar and leads to substantial weight loss in adults with Type 1 diabetes who ...

Nutrition plays a critical role in managing type 1 diabetes successfully. The food you eat has a powerful and immediate effect on your blood sugar and plays an especially large role in your long-term ...

Everyone’s blood sugar goes up and down somewhat. But for some people, it can fall too low. Low blood sugar, or hypoglycemia, occurs when blood glucose drops below 70 mg/dL. Because low blood sugar ...

A new experimental treatment may be able to cure type 1 diabetes. About 83% of the patients were able to stop using insulin after the treatment. Research into the treatment is ongoing. Experts explain ...

When Amanda Smith walked into the kitchen one night in 2015 to warm up a bottle for her four-month-old daughter, she couldn’t make out the numbers on the microwave. They were blurry. They’d never been ...

Julia Ries Wexler is a writer focusing on all things health and wellness. She has over 10 years of experience in health journalism, and though she has written about pretty much every health topic ...

I smile and say yes—I’m a person with diabetes (that’s actually the right term)—and yes, I’m enjoying this croissant. This answer still surprises people because somewhere along the way, we were taught ...