Women with Type 1 diabetes at greater risk of death than men


Bad news for women with Type 1 diabetes. A recent study by the University of Queensland's School of Public Health shows that women with Type 1 diabetes have a 40 percent higher risk of death than men...

African American women working night shift at risk for Type 2 diabetes


Diabetes is serious illness for many Americans. The CDC estimates that 1 in 11 people have either Type 1 or Type 2 and 1 in 4 are entirely unaware. Studies show that 1 in 3 million people, or 86...

Diabetics Rejoice: MannKind’s Insulin Inhaler Afrezza’s FDA-Approved


MannKind's inhaler insulin Afrezza gained F.D.A. approval, Friday, June 27. Andrew Pollack of the New York Times offers a lot of good news for insulin-dependent diabetics in "Afrezza, a New...