Diabetes Related Health News

Men with at least 3 metabolic abnormalities are at high risk of type 2 diabetes and heart disease.

Drinking tea at least three times a week is linked with a longer and healthier life. Depending on the type of tea, results include reduced risk or heart disease and death...

Despite the increasing awareness of the problem of obesity in the United States, most Americans don't know whether they are gaining or losing weight.

Eating about 30 calories a day of dark chocolate was associated with a lowering of blood pressure, without weight gain or other adverse effects.

An international team of scientists has discovered a hormone that can significantly decrease the appetite, reducing the amount of food eaten in a day by a third.

Certain patients with type 2 diabetes  may have specific genetic risk factors that put them at higher risk for developing Alzheimer's disease, according to...

A pill containing plant substances called sterols can help lower cholesterol.

A research team reports that test subjects in which an enzyme called histone deacetylase 3 (HDAC3) was deleted had massively fatty livers, but lower blood sugar, and were thus protected from glucose intolerance and insulin resistance, the hallmark of diabetes.

Hispanic women have been known to run a lower risk of developing breast cancer than most other women, but their breast cancer rates are climbing-and increasing obesity is one factor that might be to blame.

New discovery could lead to effective repair therapies for those suffering peripheral nerve damage and offers hope to millions of people with diabetes. Research published...

Study shows that blood glucose lowering therapies pose an increased risk of heart failure directly linked to the medication or strategy being used. A comprehensive...

New research involving more than one million people indicates that having high fasting serum glucose levels and diabetes are risk factors for several major cancers.

A Wake Forest study found that the children showed early signs of heart disease and diabetes, with the differences most notable in boys. More than...

According to the latest research from the Oregon National Primate Research Center (ONPRC), overeating during pregnancy may have significant and numerous health impacts on an unborn child.

Depression raises risks of advanced and severe complications from diabetes, including kidney failure, blindness, heart attack and stroke.

The number of bariatric surgeries performed in the U.S. increased by 450 percent between 1998 and 2002, a growth the researchers say could be linked with use of the minimally invasive laparoscopic technique.