London, April 4 (ANI): A low-calorie diet is just as effective as drastic stomach surgery at reducing diabetics' blood glucose levels, according to new research.

Washington, Nov 10 (ANI): An ingredient in green tea that helps reduce blood sugar spikes in mice may lead to new diet strategies for people, food scientists have suggested.

Washington, October 31 (ANI): Women who had metabolic syndrome before they started hormone therapy for menopause symptoms have a greatly increased risk of heart attack or dying of heart disease, a new analysis of the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) trials has found.

Washington, October 20 (ANI): Daily sessions of whole-body vibration may prevent the onset of diabetes in the youth, dramatically reducing inflammation, average blood glucose levels and symptoms such as frequent urination, a new study has suggested.

Washington, September 8 (ANI): The daily sticking of the finger by diabetics to check their blood glucose may soon become a thing of the past, thanks to a diagnostic system with a newly developed technology.

Melbourne, September 6 (ANI): A French pharmaceutical giant has created a flashy gadget that hooks up to the iPhone to read the blood glucose levels of diabetics.

Washington, July 24 (ANI): Two out of three severely obese kids already have at least one risk factor for heart disease, new research has warned.

Washington, July 15 (ANI): Using low-calorie sweeteners in beverages and other foods has the potential to help people reach and maintain a healthy body weight and is helpful for glucose control for people with diabetes.

Washington, June 11 (ANI): Results from the first feasibility study of an advanced first-generation artificial pancreas system have indicated that the Hypoglycemia-Hyperglycemia Minimizer (HHM) System was able to automatically predict a rise and fall in blood glucose and correspondingly increase and-or decrease insulin delivery safely.

London, June 8 (ANI): Patients suffering from pre-diabetes may be at a higher risk of stroke, a new study has suggested.

London, May 17 (ANI): Medication mistakes by doctors are making thousands of hospital patients suffering from diabetes vulnerable to potentially fatal low blood-sugar levels, a recent report has revealed.

Washington, Apr 5 (ANI): Blood glucose levels following starch ingestion are influenced by genetically-determined differences in salivary amylase, an enzyme that breaks down dietary starches, a new study has revealed.

Washington, Mar 15 (ANI): Even though all diets are effective in managing weight but a reduced glycemic load diet - one that accounts for how many carbs are in the food and how much each gram of carbohydrate raises blood glucose levels - may be most promising, according to a new study.

Washington, Feb 3 (ANI): Exercise, continuous or intermittent, improves insulin sensitivity in patients with type 2 diabetes, experts say.

Washington, Jan 25 (ANI): Regular lifestyle counselling can help diabetes patients achieve targeted blood glucose, blood pressure and cholesterol levels much faster than patients who receive physician advice less frequently, a new study has revealed.

Washington, Nov 13 (ANI): A new study has found that using intensive therapy to control blood glucose early in the course of type 1 diabetes halves the risk of developing kidney disease later in life.