Participants saw a 43.8% reduction in triglycerides…

Measurement of neck proves additional indicator of upper-body subcutaneous fat, metabolic risk… In the study of 138 obesity-clinic patients, neck circumference cutoffs of 36 cm or greater in females and 39 cm or more in males correlated with criteria for the metabolic syndrome. In women more than men, neck circumference …

Patients taking metformin during a 10-year study had a 25% reduced risk of developing glaucoma… The researchers hypothesized that a drug that mimics caloric restriction, such as metformin, might reduce the risk of glaucoma, said Julia Richards, lead researcher and ophthalmology professor at the University of Michigan Ann Arbor. Richards …

Cereal, vegetable fiber most effective against development of type 2 diabetes… Findings from 18 other studies throughout countries including the United States and Asia had previously found that fiber reduces type 2 diabetes. There was no indication as to the type of fiber that may be most likely to do …

  Engineers at MIT and the University of California at San Diego (UCSD) have devised a new way to detect cancer that has spread to the liver, by enlisting help from probiotics — beneficial bacteria similar to those found in yogurt…. Many types of cancer, including colon and pancreatic, tend …

Iron deficiency in adults with or without anemia may increase HbA1c levels, potentially leading to misdiagnosis of type 2 diabetes…

Low fat, low GI diet results in lost weight, some reduction in diabetic nerve pain… Encouraging lifestyle and dietary modifications is a standard protocol for physicians and educators working with type 2 diabetic patients in an effort to reduce diabetes-related complications. In a small pilot study researchers investigated whether or …

Even low alcohol intake may be possible hazard to cardiac structure and function in seniors…

Risk for developing amyotrophic lateral sclerosis associated with diabetes type, age of diagnosis… Type 2 diabetes, but not type 1 diabetes, may be associated with a reduced risk for developing amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Researchers also found that both the age of diabetes diagnosis and the age of diagnosis of amyotrophic …

Thirty minutes of exercise 6 days a week associated with about 40% mortality risk reduction in a study of older men… Norwegian researchers studied the relationships between physical activity (PA), smoking and 12-year cardiovascular (CV), non-CV and all-cause mortality in elderly Oslo men screened for CV disease in 1972–1973 and 2000. …