New data provided some early evidence that the secret to weight loss might lie in DNA and that the best way to shed excessive pounds is to diet according to genotype….

The health care reform bill “doesn’t fix everything that’s wrong with our health care system, but it moves us decisively forward,” President Obama said….

Diabetes Care has published online the results of the Novo Nordisk (NVO) LEAD™ 6 extension study….

Early-stage human clinical trials showed that a new topical drug was safe and had biological effects in a type of diabetic eye disease, and may offer researchers….

Replacing saturated fats with polyunsaturated fatty acids can reduce heart disease events by 19%, researchers have found….

Dr. Mike Lawrence from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute (Melbourne, Australia) has determined the structure of a previously unseen part of the insulin receptor, making possible new treatments for diabetes….

A team of researchers, led by a University of California Davis (UC Davis) veterinary endocrinologist, has shown for the first time that a surgical procedure in rats that is similar to bariatric surgery in humans….

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center researchers report that using leptin alone in place of standard insulin therapy shows promise in abating symptoms of Type 1 diabetes.…

Researchers have devised a better way to determine an individual’s risk for problems, such as myocardial infarction (MI) and heart failure, according to new research….

In a French prospective observational study, older men with higher plasma selenium levels at baseline are less likely to have impaired fasting glucose levels or Type 2 diabetes…