Obese adults prefer noncommercial, nonstigmatizing interventions designed to help them improve their lifestyles over programs that just promote weight loss, according to a new study.…

Vascular disease, which affects blood flow in brain vessels, appears to be a common cause of dementia in some people with diabetes, new study findings suggest….  

Charcot foot can make walking difficult or impossible, and in severe cases can require amputation but a newsurgical technique that secures foot bones with an external frame has enabled more than 90 percent of patients to walk normally again…. 

Men who enter adult life obese face a life-long doubling of the risk of dying prematurely, new research has found. The chance of dying early increased by 10% for each BMI point above the threshold for a healthy weight and this persisted throughout life, with the obese dying about eight years …

A simple community program has been shown to be effective in preventing excess weight gain with a program based on simple health messages, small changes behavior, and delivered conveniently in a community setting…. 

Women achieved modest changes in their BMI and waist-to-hip measurements with no other lifestyle interventions….

Most of you already know the Avandia story: after two years of controversy, Senate hearings and multiple FDA reviews nothing has really changed. Avandia is still on the market, clinicians aren’t writing for it and Glaxo will probably discontinue it. The interesting thing will be whether this means the FDA …

Novo Nordisk presented phase 2 proof-of-concept data for its investigational insulin degludec, an ultra-long-acting basal insulin, which demonstrated the potential to help achieve target glycemic control when used once daily or three times weekly…. 

Patients with hypertension who monitored their blood pressure at home and adjusted their own medication according to pre-agreed rules had greater decreases in BP than those receiving conventional care out to one year, a new randomized study has shown. There were absolute reductions in BP equivalent to 20% stroke risk …

You might be surprised to find the doctor take out a measuring tape and wrap it around your child’s neck to determine risk factors for becoming obese….