Just because you’re tethered to a desk all day doesn’t mean you can’t break for a great (healthy!) lunch.

Extremes in blood glucose levels can lessen kids’ mental functioning.

Type 2 diabetes begins to develop as long as 13 years before diagnosis, a study shows.

A series of European studies reached conflicting conclusions about a potential link between cancer and the long-acting insulin glargine (Lantus).

A pilot study has found that botulinum toxin reduced foot pain from neuropathy in people with type 2 diabetes.

Planning to have a baby? Your doctor may want you to make sure your A1C is less than 7 percent before you conceive.

Diabetes meds can be costly, but a study found that their prices can vary a lot depending on where they are purchased.

For people with heart disease, a fitness program is a crucial part of recovery.

Exercising for three hours a week might keep you mentally young.

Mix up your workout routine.

Consider skipping the sugary sports drink and instead refueling post-workout with a bowl of cereal and nonfat milk.

According to a study, diet may be key in avoiding macular degeneration.

Eating two takeout meals a week can wreak havoc on your waistline.

More than half of all young adults aren’t getting enough of the essential mineral calcium.

Encourage your son or daughter to weigh in.

A study found that putting off retirement was associated with the delayed onset of Alzheimer’s disease.

There are more therapies available that may be effective in treating sleep apnea.

Having a purpose could help you live longer.

Answers to some big questions about sending your child off to school.

Why menu labeling may help a nation of diners eat smarter.

Find a Step Out: Walk to Fight Diabetes event near you this fall.

Your story "served as a vivid reminder of what life is like in the 'real world' and of the many demands made on people who are managing diabetes." —Eugene Gaeta, PhD, Manasquan, N.J.

If anything, people with diabetes need life to be a little brighter, food to be a little yummier—and things to be a little easier.

HDL (the "good" cholesterol) can help lower your risk of heart disease.

Rotating your injection sites and avoiding the scarred areas for at least six months will help reduce the scar tissue.

Any plan that restricts calories will work in the short run, but if it does not result in a lifestyle change, the pounds lost will come back quickly.

When Kathleen was 8 years old she despised her insulin injections. Now 43, my daughter truly has made drugs her life. Not just because of her daily kidney medications and years of insulin injections, but because of the occupation she has chosen: veterinary pharmacist.