FDA Approves Proteus Digital Health’s E-pills for Dose Monitoring  An "ingestible sensor" doesn’t sound like the tastiest of snacks, but soon it might be just what the doctor ordered. A tiny microchip which activates upon contact with stomach acid has recently been approved by the FDA. When the sensor is …

An estimated 35.8 million U.S. adults with hypertension have uncontrolled blood pressure levels, even though the vast majority have regular access to healthcare and insurance coverage, the CDC reported last week. 

Simone A. French, PhD, from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, conducted a randomized intervention trial in which 153 adults and 72 adolescents from the same households were assigned to a home-based obesity prevention intervention or to no intervention (control group) for a one-year period. TV viewing hours, diet, and …

Hypertension is highly prevalent in all communities worldwide, according to new data from the Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology (PURE) study. Other findings show that awareness is very low and that once patients are aware, most are treated, but control is very poor. The study aimed to assess the prevalence, awareness, …

Across four studies, HbA1c ≥ 6.5 percent a specific, but not sensitive, early indicator of T1D in youth….

Testosterone therapy may be useless in men with type 2 diabetes and hypogonadism who also have depression….

Where people store fat may ultimately determine their risk for developing diabetes and heart disease….

A1c variability is independently associated with the development of microalbuminuria in patients with type 2 diabetes….

People whose blood sugar is on the high end of the normal range may be at greater risk of brain shrinkage that occurs with aging and diseases such as dementia….

A new analysis from Duke University found that those on a low carb diet lost 18 pounds….