More than 36 million Americans have type 2 diabetes, meaning their blood sugar levels are always top of mind. After all, when people with diabetes have blood sugar levels that are too low or too high, ...

Stress can make diabetes management even more challenging than it already is, because cortisol, the hormone your body releases in response to stress, makes blood sugar levels rise. Because diabetes ...

Memory lapses in older adults are often blamed on ageing, but doctors warn that Type 2 diabetes may be silently damaging the brain. High blood sugar and insulin resistance can trigger inflammation, ...

A doctor explains how chronically elevated blood sugar impacts the brain. Her shared how hippocampus, the brain’s memory centre, literally shrinks faster in people with poorly controlled glucose level ...

Relatively inexpensive and accessible self-management interventions to help people manage type 2 diabetes have been found to significantly reduce the blood sugar marker used to diagnose and manage the ...

Endocrinologists and dietitians explain the link. More than one in three American adults has prediabetes, a condition where blood sugar levels are higher than normal, but not high enough to be ...

Being mindful of your diet — not just what you eat, but when and how you eat — is another smart diabetes management strategy. In addition to following a Mediterranean diet or adopting a low-carb ...

New research delves into what exercises impact blood sugar levels. Doctors say that exercise in general is helpful for blood sugar management, but researchers found two, in particular, that had the ...

Sitting next to a window may help people with type 2 diabetes control their insulin levels, according to new research. The study, published in Cell Metabolism, found that exposure to natural light — ...

A macro calculator can help you build balanced meals for type 2 diabetes, and registered dietitian Dalina Soto shares how to adapt the numbers to your everyday foods. Managing meals to keep blood ...

If you have prediabetes, your blood sugar levels are higher than normal, healthy levels, but not quite at the threshold for a type 2 diabetes diagnosis. Still, if you don't make changes to your diet ...