Messages that eating chocolate can make you fat may actually drive some women to eat more, research shows. The joint study with the University of Strathclyde in Scotland found low restraint eaters (those not on a diet) showed a strong impulse to eat chocolate when presented with negative messaging, including …

Wages for doctors in the U.S. grew more slowly between 1987-1990 and 2006-2010 than for other health professionals, with just a 9.6% salary difference, according to a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The average pay of pharmacists and dentists grew by 44% and 23%, respectively, researchers …

Fifty-nine percent of recent Mexican immigrants who had diabetes were undiagnosed, as were 33% of those Mexican immigrants who had high blood pressure. "A lack of disease awareness is clearly a serious problem among recent Mexican immigrants," said Silvia Helena Barcellos, a RAND economist, and co-author of the study. "Our …

Higher-dose atorvastatin (Lipitor) increased the risk of new-onset diabetes compared with lower statin doses, but only among patients who already had at least two risk factors for elevated blood glucose, an analysis of two randomized trials showed….

Pancreatic islet transplantation in type 1 diabetes may improve atherosclerosis….

Ovarian cancer patients who took the drug metformin survived longer than patients who did not take it….

Both laparoscopic gastric banding and Roux-en-Y bypass surgery improved beta-cell function and insulin sensitivity….

Sulfonylureas and metformin may help to reduce the risk for depression….

Study sheds new light on the link between high insulin levels and weight gain….

Treatment with liraglutide 1.8 mg for 26 weeks was well tolerated and improved liver enzymes in type 2 diabetes patients….