People with diabetes require intensive statin therapy even if their levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol is within the normal range.

Adolescents with type 1 diabetes who exhibit high levels of depressive symptoms have an increased risk of hospitalization for diabetes-related complications.

The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) issued a global consensus statement presenting a new worldwide definition of the metabolic syndrome

New High Tech Study to determine if early screening using a special camera and images transmitted over the Internet can prevent blindness in Medicaid patients with diabetes.

A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) study finds that the protein hormone leptin promotes development of gray matter in the part of the brain that regulates cravings and the ability to monitor personal behavior.

Children with familial hypercholesterolemia age 4 or older can safely be treated with pravastatin.

Mortality also did not significantly differ among the three treatment groups.

Treatment with infliximab (Remicade) appears to reduce the insulin resistance that is common among patients with autoimmune connective tissue diseases.

Annual prescription costs for people 20 and older with metabolic syndrome averaged $4,116 last year, 4.2 times the average amount spent on drugs for that age group.

Obese people may be “super-sizing” more than just their waistline.