Homemade curd delays onset of diabetes, slowing down the progression of diabetes, lowering bad cholesterol and raising heart-protective good cholesterol. The findings have been reported in the latest issue of international journal Nutrition.

The review found, studies that focused only on boosting exercise levels yielded greater benefits than those that tried to change patients’ diets, exercise habits and medication adherence all at once.

The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) has developed a new definition of metabolic syndrome to help identify children at risk of developing the syndrome.

Lipoprotein subfraction changes may be at the root of the dyslipidemia accompanying type 2 diabetes and help explain how thiazolidinediones improve carotid intima-media thickness.

Insulin injections may soon be a thing of the past.

For those who eat to combat stress, researchers here may have made a dream come true — an injection that inhibits a well-know peptide, that makes fat melt away, at least in mice.

Australian scientists have discovered why stress can make us fat. New research published in an international journal has revealed that chronic stress triggers the body’s fat cells to grow and multiply.

Beta-blocker therapy can provide statistically significant regression of coronary artery plaque, and slow the progression to coronary atherosclerosis.

An investigational new agent, a highly selective dipeptidyl peptidase-IV (DPP-4) inhibitor, has shown good efficacy and safety in the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus, according to results of a phase 1 study.

They were waiting in a long line outside the hall to see Dr Steven Nissen (Cleveland Clinic, OH).