One-fourth of South Texas kidney cancer patients have diabetes

January 24, 2012

Diabetes is believed to be a contributing factor to several types of cancer, and new research in San Antonio patients reveals an association with kidney cancer.

Clinical safety projects improve patient care at UT Medicine

January 13, 2012

One patient safety project at UT Medicine San Antonio means that diabetes indicators are more consistently monitored. Another means that fewer patients suffer potentially debilitating falls during outpatient visits.

Insulin signaling is distorted in pancreases of type 2 diabetics

December 13, 2011

Study is first to discover abnormal signals that harm insulin-making cells

Related studies point to the illusion of the artificial

June 27, 2011

Waistlines in people, glucose levels in mice hint at sweeteners’ effects

Undernourishment in pregnancy and lactation found key to next generation’s diabetes

June 13, 2011

Study in primates establishes critical role that undernourishment in mothers-to-be and lactating females has in creating type 2 diabetes in offspring

Drug prevents type 2 diabetes in majority of high- risk individuals

March 23, 2011

A pill taken once a day in the morning prevented type 2 diabetes in more than 70 percent of individuals whose obesity, ethnicity and other markers put them at highest risk for the disease, U.S. scientists reported today.