Dr. Jack Merendino, MD

TUESDAY, March 5 (HealthDay News) -- A new bioengineered, miniature organ dubbed the BioHub might one day offer people with type 1 diabetes freedom from their disease.

In its final stages, the BioHub would mimic a pancreas and act as a home for transplanted islet cells, providing them w...Full Article

THURSDAY, Feb. 28 (HealthDay News) -- Could sofas and chairs be bad for your health? New research suggests that as time spent sitting goes up, so does a person's odds for type 2 diabetes.

Telling people to avoid sitting might even be more effective in staving off diabetes than exhorting ...Full Article

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 20 (HealthDay News) -- A staggering one in eight Americans has been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, a new Harris Interactive/HealthDay poll suggests.

And more than one third of those polled have been diagnosed with diabetes or have a parent, sibling, spouse or child...Full Article

FRIDAY, Feb. 15 (HealthDay News) -- A couple of decades ago, only 2 percent of people with any type of diabetes met or exceeded the three measures of good diabetes management. By 2010, that number had risen to 19 percent, according to new government research.

These measures of good diab...Full Article

FRIDAY, Jan. 25 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration late Friday approved three new medications to help people battle type 2 diabetes.

All three drugs contain a new active ingredient, alogliptin, either alone or in combination with other, previously approved medicatio...Full Article

MONDAY, Jan. 28 (HealthDay News) -- Three new related drugs designed to improve blood sugar control in people with type 2 diabetes have been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

All three drugs contain a new active ingredient, alogliptin (brand named Nesina), either by itsel...Full Article

FRIDAY, Jan. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Though it began as a treatment for something else entirely, gastric bypass surgery -- which involves shrinking the stomach as a way to lose weight -- has proven to be the latest and possibly most effective treatment for some people with type 2 diabetes.

FRIDAY, Jan. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Though it began as a treatment for something else entirely, gastric bypass surgery -- which involves shrinking the stomach as a way to lose weight -- has proven to be the latest and possibly most effective treatment for some people with type 2 diabetes.

TUESDAY, Dec. 25 (HealthDay News) -- Holiday eating and drinking could pose a risk for people who do not know that they have type 2 diabetes, an expert says.

"As tempting and tasty as it might be, eating high-fat foods with excess calories, carbohydrates and salt will put people who don't...Full Article

THURSDAY, Dec. 20 (HealthDay News) -- New guidelines issued by the American Diabetes Association (ADA) Thursday may reduce the number of people who need to take blood pressure medications, and they may help more people get insurance coverage for testing their blood sugar levels.

"We're ...Full Article

MONDAY, Dec. 17 (HealthDay News) -- Signifor (pasireotide diaspartate) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat Cushing's disease in cases that cannot be treated by surgery.

Cushing's occurs when the body overproduces cortisol, a hormone made by the adrenal glan...Full Article

FRIDAY, Nov. 30 (HealthDay News) -- Children and teens with cystic fibrosis have impaired blood vessel function, which may affect their ability to exercise, a new study suggests.

Exercise is recommended to combat lung complications associated with cystic fibrosis.

Researchers had ...Full Article

WEDNESDAY, Nov. 28 (HealthDay News) -- A new, lab-created antibody that mimics the action of a naturally occurring molecule causes weight loss in monkeys, researchers report.

The engineered antibody also appears to improve insulin sensitivity, which could fight type 2 diabetes, and it de...Full Article