It’s the energy density of foods — not the amount we eat or even the overall fat content — that most contributes to weight gain.

A daily vitamin E supplement can harm patients by raising their risk of heart failure, and their risk of acute heart failure exacerbations that require hospitalization. Effect appears specific to CHF

Family physicians frequently fail to adequately screen women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM).The results come from a small descriptive study.

Diabetes control is in the hands of the patient, not in the hands of the health-care provider, family physicians were told at the Annual Scientific Assembly of the American Academy of Family Physicians.

A landmark clinical trial in secondary cardiovascular prevention has shown that all patients with stable coronary heart disease, regardless of risk level, ought to receive an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor.

The results of a study suggest an association between left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) and susceptibility to atherothrombosis and increased albuminuria in adults with type 2 diabetes.

Blood glucose control, rather than amount of insulin administered, accounts for the mortality benefit conferred by intensive therapy in critically ill patients, study findings suggest.

Axokine, a modified ciliary neurotrophic factor, appears to promote weight loss in overweight and obese patients with type 2 diabetes, according to the findings of a 12-week randomized trial.

According to a new American study, a high-protein diet may lead to lower plasma glucose concentrations in people with type 2 diabetes.

Good news, according to a report in the British Journal of Ophthalmology for October.