There are many tests used to diagnose prediabetes and type 2 diabetes. These same tests can also give doctors a picture of patients' blood sugar control and risk of heart problems. But which tests work best?

Studies have shown that the risk of diabetes may be different for people from different racial and ethnic backgrounds. Yet researchers are still not sure when this gap begins.

Along the road to improving diabetes care, both doctors and scientists have disagreed about which treatments are best. Now, there is disagreement about the safety of one of the most common diabetes drugs.

Doctors may be well aware that diabetes raises the risk of heart problems, but many diabetes patients may not know about these risks. Effort to educate patients about heart risks may be needed.

If you snore loudly or feel tired even after a full night's sleep, you may have sleep apnea - a serious sleep disorder that can lead to heart problems. Can sleep apnea also lead to diabetes?

Diet and exercise are the best ways to prevent and treat diabetes. However, that approach does not work for everyone. Once again, researchers have found that surgery is a powerful treatment for obese diabetes patients.

There are many types of diabetes drugs. Each drug is different and will have different effects depending on the patient. In the search for another way to control blood sugar, scientists are testing a new drug.

Even though it is clear that certain lifestyle changes can prevent heart disease and diabetes, many people still do not make these needed changes. The barbershop may be one place to convince people to change.

From the moment you are born, your weight has an impact on your health. If your baby is overweight, he or she may be in store for health problems in the future.

As childhood obesity becomes more common, so does diabetes in youth. With all the risks linked to diabetes, it is important that these children get their blood sugar under control - a task that is not always easy.