This parental history is also associated with increased rates of metabolic syndrome and a metabolic syndrome related to insulin resistance.

The FDA has finalized guidelines that will allow pharmaceutical and device company reps to distribute journal articles to doctors about off-label uses of their products.

A meta-analysis of pedometer-based walking interventions shows how effective a pedometer can be in reducing weight.

If doctors start taking results of a recent drug company-sponsored trial seriously, 11 million more older Americans might be taking cholesterol-lowering statin medications, experts say.

Researchers from India and Oregon have taken a step toward developing the first saliva test to detect and monitor how efficient is the treatment for Type 2 diabetes.

A new national study has shown that nearly 75 percent of patients hospitalized for a heart attack had cholesterol levels that would indicate they were not at high risk for a cardiovascular event, according to current national cholesterol guidelines.

Many people with type 2 diabetes may be skeptical about the safety and effectiveness of their medications, African Americans in particular, a new study suggests.

Chewing gums can prove very helpful in delivering insulin in the blood stream of the diabetics, say researchers

Physical exercise could improve memory via glucose-lowering. Maintaining blood glucose levels, even in the absence of diabetes, may be an important strategy for preserving age-related memory and cognitive health.

Homocysteine, a biomarker that has a rocky record in cardiovascular disease prevention trials, may prove to be useful as a predictor of cardiovascular mortality in elderly patients, researchers reported.