Saturated Fat Is… Okay?: Good news for meat and dairy lovers. Your heart-attack-on-a-plate hamburger may not actually cause heart attacks! The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition just published an analysis of 21 studies that followed 350,000 adults for 5 to 21 years. The conclusion: there’s no clear evidence that saturated …

Diabetes Drug Pipeline Close to 200 Medications: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that drug companies are working on 183 new drugs for diabetes, including 133 for Type 2 diabetes, 26 for Type 1 diabetes and 34 for other forms of the disease and related conditions, such as …

Two FDA reviewers have recommended that the diabetes drug rosiglitazone (Avandia) be pulled from the market because of its link to major cardiac events….

Pregnant women who gain weight rapidly during the early stages of pregnancy are at higher risk for gestational diabetes, a new study found….

Current and former patients treated with the high-fat ketogenic diet to control multiple, daily and severe seizures can be reassured by the news that not only is the diet effective, but it also appears to have no long-lasting side effects, say scientists….

Amylin and Takeda announce decision to advance development of pramlintide/metreleptin combination treatment for obesity….

Non-severe, persistent, and untreated depression may lead to the development of diabetes in people older than 55 years, according to results from a 5-year longitudinal study….

For many, benefits of lowering cholesterol outweigh drugs’ downsides, researchers say….

The saturated fat found mainly in meat and dairy products has a bad reputation, but a new analysis of published studies finds no clear link between people’s intake of saturated fat and their risk of developing heart disease….

A new systematic review suggests higher chocolate consumption may be associated with a lower risk for incident stroke and stroke-related mortality….