Carbohydrate-rich diets are associated with slightly higher blood pressure than diets rich in cis-monounsaturated fat, according to recently published findings.

Postprandial hyperglycemia is more common than fasting hyperglycemia in type 2 diabetic patients who show nocturnal nondipping of blood pressure.

Hitting the treadmill, the bike trails, or donning your rollerblades can modestly increase high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol levels, according to the results of a new study.

Study found that when the women’s weight was taken into account, sleep apnea was associated with a doubling of the incidence of gestational diabetes and a fourfold increase in the risk of pregnancy-induced hypertension.

Even small amounts of physical activity — approximately 75 minutes per week — can improve cardiorespiratory fitness levels of sedentary overweight individuals, a study shows.

Patients diagnosed with sleep apnea had more than two-and-one-half times the risk of developing diabetes and increases a person’s risk of having a heart attack or of dying by 30 percent compared with those without the nighttime breathing disorder

People who develop diabetes late in life often suffer from a range of diabetes-related complications, and their life expectancy is shorter than that of nondiabetic individuals of the same age, a new study shows.

New study shows that nearly a quarter of all African-Americans still believe that high blood pressure means that a person is tense or anxious

Results from a six-month extension study have shown that impairment in glycemic control after one year of diuretic-based combination treatment is reversible by switching to treatment not involving a diuretic, in this case, an ACE inhibitor and calcium-channel blocker.1 

The results of this study suggest that the use of certain types of hormonal contraceptives during the 5 years leading up to a pregnancy may be associated with the risk of developing gestational diabetes.