Almost 95 percent of the 21 million people in the United States who have diabetes are type 2 diabetics.

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FRIDAY, Aug. 6 (HealthDay News) -- The healing of diabetes-related foot ulcers is affected by patients' coping styles and their levels of depression, new research shows.

The study included 93 diabetic patients with foot ulcers who were monitored for 24 weeks. The size of each patient's ul...

WEDNESDAY, Aug. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Although it's long been thought that people with type 1 diabetes cease to produce any insulin after they've had the disease for a while, new research suggests that the insulin-producing beta cells destroyed by type 1 diabetes ma...

LONDON - For three years, Connie McPherson had debilitating leg ulcers that were so painful she sometimes couldn't sleep. Despite repeated surgery, antibiotics, steroids and other treatments, nothing helped.

Then last year, she took part in a trial for a new gel aimed at chronic wounds. ...