Researchers found that a food portion cut into multiple, bite-sized pieces looks larger and elicits greater satiation than the same portion presented as a single, large piece, even if the two have the same caloric value. They gave 301 college students a bagel uncut or cut into quarters. Twenty minutes …

Scientists have found a significant association between polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) exposure and risk of diabetes, in a highly exposed community in the US. The researchers studied 774 individuals living in Anniston, Alabama, an area with PCB contamination from manufacturing. They measured PCB levels in the blood and compared this to …

Within 2 years, more than 75% of newly hired physicians will be hospital employees, according to projections in a new report of physician recruiting incentives while fewer doctors will go into private practice. The demand for primary care physicians remains strong. For the seventh consecutive year, family physicians and general …

Patients admitted to hospital with pneumonia and elevated blood glucose levels were more likely to die than those with normal glucose levels…. 

A vaccine has been developed that could reset the body’s metabolism and prompt weight loss even with a modest change in calories taken in or burned up in exercise…. 

It is assumed that obese people are at a higher risk of mortality but a new study has found that obesity does not increase mortality risk…. 

Newer technologies designed to help people with type 1 diabetes monitor their blood sugar levels daily work better than traditional methods…. 

Three international diabetes groups have taken the first step toward developing a global initiative to improve diabetes care for older people…. 

Being older, male, or black significantly raised the risk for weight-loss failure after gastric bypass in a single-center study of more than 1,200 patients…. 

Eight-two percent of Americans are aware that being overweight is a key risk factor for diabetes, yet those at risk are not applying this logic to themselves….