A new Commonwealth Fund report shows that US women are in much worse shape, healthcare-wise, than women in 10 nations that have universal healthcare. Even insured American women are more likely to go without needed healthcare because of the cost and difficulty paying medical bills. Published online July 13, 2012 

A bigger waistline, coinciding with a higher risk of cardio-metabolic complications in type 2 diabetes patients, suggests that waist measurement is critical for this population….

A study lead by researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) shows an association between increased concentrations of….

The FDA has approved the weight-loss drug Qsymia, formerly Qnexa, which now joins lorcaserin (Belviq), as the first anti-obesity medications to enter the US market since 1999….

Biologists at UC San Diego have discovered a chemical that offers a completely new and promising direction for the development of drugs to treat metabolic disorders such as type 2 diabetes….

High blood pressure and diabetes can cause eye cell and blood vessel damage….

Persistent hyperfiltration tied to greater declines in renal function, nephropathy in type 2 diabetes….

Remission of type 2 diabetes in severely obese people after bariatric surgery hinges on baseline beta cell function, not weight loss….

Black women experienced less weight loss than white women after gastric bypass surgery….

Curcumin also improves beta-cell function, insulin resistance, and adiponectin in adults with prediabetes….