Nearly five million Americans live with heart failure, with as many as 700,000 new cases diagnosed each year. In addition to lifestyle factors, scientists have shown that heart failure has a strong heritable component, but identifying the responsible genes has been a major challenge….

Much research has been carried out on why diabetes patients develop complications. Now researchers are asking the question the other way around. They want to know why some diabetic patients do not develop complications. What is it that protects them?

This review examines current knowledge linking oxidation, inflammatory signaling pathways, and vitamin supplementation or intake to the risk of T2DM….

New study shows a 1 point drop in A1c, and the drug is now available as a generic from Mylan….

More than 44 million Americans will have diabetes within 25 years under current trends, and the annual cost of caring for them will triple to $336 billion in constant 2007 dollars….

According to new research from the University of Oxford, UK, increasing your diet with fruits and vegetables from 5 a day to 8, isn’t just good for your waistline — it could save your life….

As many as 129 million Americans under age 65 have medical problems putting them at risk of being rejected by insurance companies or having to pay more for coverage….

In severely obese, insulin-resistant children, metformin treatment improves weight loss and raises insulin sensitivity compared with placebo….

This week I gave a lecture to the physician and pharmacist residents at one of our local hospitals and we were talking about the possible reasons that insulin would suddenly lose its effect on a patient. The pharmacist residents started talking about storage temperature, time the bottle had been open, …

This week we had a chance to see why government moves at the speed of dirt. It does not matter which party you favor: you have to wonder about our leaders and the way they waste money and time in order to get even. The GOP took over the House …