A study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences details the role of the protein Pentraxin 3 (PTX3) in diabetic retinopathy, a leading cause of blindness and visual impairment. The ...

Retina Blood Vessel Damage: Diabetes affects not only the heart, kidneys, liver, and nerves, but also the eyes. Many people only realize this when the problem has already progressed. How does diabetes ...

Diabetes is one of the leading causes of kidney disease worldwide, and India carries a particularly high burden of both conditions. What makes diabetic kidney disease especially concerning is that it ...

Heart disease, diabetes and kidney disease are among the most common chronic illnesses in the United States. And they’re all closely connected. Adults with diabetes are twice as likely to have heart ...

Epidemiologists have long noted that there appears to be some sort of correlation between type 2 diabetes — the type that’s associated with obesity, and which often appears later in life — and ...

A growing number of women experience high blood sugar levels during pregnancy which typically resolve after birth. Known as gestational diabetes, this is the most common metabolic disorder in ...