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Researchers were able to show a correlation between patients treated with a higher dosage of insulin and a raised risk of cancer development, heart attacks and stroke.

Two drugs used to reduce blood pressure in diabetics are associated with a reduced risk of hospitalization for heart attack, stroke or heart failure, according to a study published in CMAJ.

The risk for diabetes complications, such as heart attack and stroke, increases with high blood glucose, blood pressure and cholesterol levels. Reducing risk means reducing these values to ideal levels.

Notable levels of calcium buildup in coronary arteries can be strong predictors of heart attacks and strokes in people with diabetes and metabolic syndrome.

Metabolic syndrome comprises a group of medical disorders that increase people's risk of diabetes, heart disease, stroke, and premature death when they occur together.

New research suggests that several commonly prescribed drugs for type 2 diabetes may not be as effective at preventing death and cardiovascular diseases, such as heart attacks and stroke, as the oral anti-diabetic drug, metformin.

Bariatric surgery has been shown to reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke in patients with diabetes.

In the 1960s, a group of U.S. states with high age-adjusted stroke mortality defined a stroke belt. Until recently, geographic patterns of diabetes had not been specifically characterized in the same manner.

A new study published by JAMA shows that among patients age 65 years and older, rosiglitazone is associated with an increased risk of stroke, heart failure, and all-cause mortality when compared with pioglitazone.

In people with longstanding type 2 diabetes who are at high risk for heart attack and stroke, lowering blood sugar to near-normal levels did not delay the combined risk of diabetic damage to kidneys, eyes, or nerves, but did delay several other signs of diabetic damage.

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

Researchers have discovered a reason why smoking greatly increases the risk of heart disease and stroke. Nicotine promotes insulin resistance, also called prediabetes, which is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease.

Fructose-sweetened but not glucose-sweetened beverages can adversely affect both sensitivity to the hormone insulin and how the body handles fats, creating medical conditions that increase susceptibility to heart attack and stroke.

Die-hard sports fans may be risking heart attack, stroke, diabetes, cancer and premature death because of unhealthy lifestyle choices that seem to go along with rooting for favorite sports teams.