Lactation boosts the quantity and quality of insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas, likely reducing a woman’s risk of developing type 2 diabetes.

Breastfeeding reduces type 2 diabetes risk by boosting beta cells.

Researchers could accurately detect life-threatening vascular complications in type 2 diabetes patients by analyzing hydroxymethylated cytosines in freely circulating DNA.

Services promising scientifically tailored supplements or advice abound. Experts say their claims are largely unfounded, although some solid evidence is beginning to emerge.

The second phase of the Human Microbiome Project reports on microbial composition in prediabetes, inflammatory bowel disease, and pregnancy.

Scientists engineered human cells to produce a molecule that stimulates insulin secretion in the presence of caffeine.

Low levels of a biochemical process involved in fat breakdown predicts weight gain and metabolic complications more than a decade later.

One patient with diabetes was able to reduce his medication use while receiving targeted electrical pulses.

New findings suggest that promoting the growth of fiber-loving bacteria may help manage type 2 diabetes.