Statin use was associated with a 10-month delay before newly treated diabetic subjects needed to start insulin treatment.

New technology gives scientists a glimpse into the earliest stages of the inflammatory process leading to type 1 diabetes and the new findings one day may be useful for predicting whether and when diabetes will develop in humans.

First potential therapy in a new class of drugs under investigation for the treatment of type 2 diabetes known as incretin mimetics.

West Virginia, Ohio and Vermont have the Highest Death Rate for Diabetes in White Females and West Virgina, North Carolina and South Carolina have the Highest Death rate for Black Females. Hawaii has the lowest overall death rate for women, Colorado the lowest rate of obesity, and Minnesota ranks best …

They have potential to lower cholesterol as effectively as commercial drugs. Blueberries, already known to help fight cancer and diabetes, may guard against heart disease as well.

First year results of the two year trial Rimonabant In Obesity (RIO, a Phase III clinical study, showed a 3.5 inch reduction in waist circumference, 19 pounds lost, reduced metabolic syndrome 50%, raised HDL 28%. Rimonabant (endocannabinoid) in another study doubled the odds of quitting smoking without weight gain.

The vast majority of heart attacks can be predicted by nine easily measurable factors, that are the same in every region and ethnic group worldwide

New study shows that glycemic index is an independent factor that can have dramatic effects on the major chronic diseases plaguing developed nations – obesity, diabetes, and heart disease.

A rare swelling of the brain that is nonetheless the most common diabetes-related cause of death for children with the disease could be caught earlier – if practitioners learn to recognize key signs.

A new finding of elevated G proteins and related receptors, will help to explain the elevated risk of cardiovascular disease seen in the diabetes population.