Fat in the belly may promote inflammation leading to diabetes and heart disease, say researchers.

Soy as a replacement for red meat in a DASH eating plan had beneficial effects on features of the metabolic syndrome, soy-nut being more effective than soy-protein.

Urine proteomic profiling can predict the development of diabetic nephropathy in type 2 diabetic patients with normoalbuminuria well before the condition arises, according to a new report

A new soda claiming it reduces calories was doubted to be effective and now a public nutrition and health advocacy group is suing over false advertising. The soda, a caffeinated green tea-flavored soda conceived jointly between Coca-Cola Co. and Nestlé S.A. of Switzerland.

“The Physicians’ Health Study shows that even in a population with overall healthy behavior, it is possible to see less heart failure in those who eat a wholegrain cereal breakfast,”

The “diabetes clock” may start ticking in women years in advance of a medical diagnosis of the disease, new research has shown.

Protocol-driven insulin therapy on the medical-surgical wards resulted in better glucose control, as compared to individualized management in patients with diabetic foot ulcers. As a result, shorter hospital stay may be possible.

Scientists studying the effects of ingesting fructose syrup have reported a possible mechanism that may explain the alleged link between rising obesity and sweetened beverages.

Patients with heart failure who received the heart medication carvedilol suffered fewer heart attacks and strokes and were less likely to die of these and other vascular events than patients prescribed another beta blocker, metoprolol tartrate.

Diamyd Medical AB announced today details of its Phase III clinical protocol and plans in the US for Diamyd®, the company’s lead drug candidate for the treatment autoimmune diabetes, type 1 diabetes and Latent Autoimmune Diabetes of Adults (LADA)