Half the Population in the World Doesn’t Get Enough Vitamin D: Anthony Norman, a professor emeritus of biochemistry and biomedical sciences at the University of California, says, “It is clear that merely eating vitamin D-rich foods is not adequate to solve the problem for most adults.” Currently in the U. …

Avoid Consuming Too Much Fat While Nursing: The future health of offspring is more negatively impacted when their mothers consume a high fat diet while nursing compared with high-fat diet consumption during pregnancy, according to research at Johns Hopkins University. The researchers used a method called “cross-fostering” to determine whether …

Healthy Weight, Rather Than Fitness, Most Important for Preventing High Blood Pressure: Individuals who have a healthy body weight are more likely than those who are physically fit to have lower blood pressure, according to the results of a new study. In a comparison of fitness vs fatness, body mass …

Improved Blood Sugar Control Linked to Cashew Seed Extract: Adding cashew seed extract to one’s diet may help lower diabetes risk, according to published findings. This is because compounds in cashew seeds have been found to improve the body’s response to insulin. The results of the trial showed that only …

A morning urine test is superior to all other tests for detecting declining kidney performance in patients with diabetic kidney disease. “From a clinical point of view, these results are very important, because they imply that collection of first morning voids, which is clearly more convenient than collecting a 24-hour …

A new study suggests that, using two simple and inexpensive measurements — triglycerides and waist circumference — can identify patients with intra-abdominal obesity who have an increased risk of coronary artery disease and can add value in detecting risk of heart disease when used with traditional risk models such as …

The risk of getting diabetes is about 50% in patients with autoimmune forms of arthritis, such as rheumatoid arthritis, or RA, and psoriatic arthritis, according to a new study….

Disrupted sleep patterns seem to contribute to the risk of obesity and diabetes, according to numerous studies. Scientists have theorized that disrupted circadian rhythms throw off various hormonal processes in the body that contribute to disease.…

Thirty-three members of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cast 20 votes for various label options that would allow GlaxoSmithKline’s rosiglitazone (Avandia) to stay on the market despite concerns over associated heart risks, while 12 members voted to recommend that the FDA withdraw the drug….

Increasing the price of regular sodas may help reduce consumption of the sugary beverages, according to a study….