Type 1 diabetes is a chronic autoimmune condition in which the pancreas produces little to no insulin. “Both adult and childhood-onset type 1 diabetes are due to autoimmune destruction of cells in the ...

The difference between type 1 and type 2 diabetes is that people with type 2 have a wider variety of treatment options.

The word “diabetes” serves as an umbrella term covering conditions that share a common symptom—elevated blood sugar—but diverge significantly in their underlying mechanisms, progression patterns, and ...

Diabetes affects 37 million people in the U.S. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates another 96 million people – or 1 in 3 adults – have prediabetes, a condition where blood sugar ...

Type 2 diabetes, linked to insulin resistance, affects a significant portion of the American population, many undiagnosed. Pre-diabetes, also caused by insulin resistance, often progresses to Type 2 ...

Test your knowledge and see how well you can distinguish type 1 from type 2 diabetes. It’s estimated that about 1 in 9 people of all ages in the United States had diabetes in 2021. But only about 1 in ...

It has for long been conjectured to be a malnutrition-related form of diabetes, but has only now been officially recognized as “Type 5” diabetes at the World Diabetes Congress in Bangkok last week.