Your blood sugar can affect more than your propensity for diabetes. In fact, high blood sugar may be causing you to lose out ...

If you live with diabetes, you can lower your A1C score by making changes to your routine. Learn about the practices that may help.

Oral (by mouth) and injectable medications can treat type 2 diabetes. Injected insulin may also be an option if other medications do not control your high blood sugar.

Taking a diabetes medication to lower your risk of dementia seems like a big leap, but people with the condition are already at a higher risk of developing it. Here’s what you need to know about ...

A new study found a link between SGLT-2 inhibitors and a significantly lower risk of dementia in people with diabetes. Here's what doctors say about the link.

The discovery of insulin in the early 1920s also stimulated a search for oral medications to control blood sugar. Some of the first successful products reached the market in the 1950s including two ...

Lowering your A1C can lower your risk for diabetes. Here, doctors explain what your A1C and share their top tips for how to lower it.

A recent study indicates that a new class of oral diabetes drugs may help protect patients' kidney health in addition to lowering their blood sugar levels. The findings appear in an upcoming issue ...

Patients with type 2 diabetes and moderate renal impairment who took oral semaglutide in a phase 3a trial reported a larger reduction in glycated hemoglobin and more weight loss than patients ...

Phase 3 data support use of the oral non-peptide small molecule as potential first-line type 2 diabetes treatment, investigator says.

If the drug becomes significantly cheaper than newer, better diabetes treatments, more people could die from the disease.

Even if you need diabetes medication, “diet is a very strong tool for controlling blood sugar,” adds Peter Brukner, MD, chairperson of the Defeat Diabetes program.