Bezafibrate, a pan-PPAR agonist used widely for treating dyslipidemia in the UK, appears to prevent or delay the development of Type 2 diabetes, according to results of a retrospective study.

People with Type 1 diabetes who received stem cell transplants from their own cells were able to go as long as four years without needing insulin treatments, U.S. researchers reported. 

Higher waist size is associated with heart failure (HF) in women at all levels of body mass index (BMI), and both waist size and BMI predicted HF in men, according to the results of a study.

The emergence of summer after a long winter appears to have a positive effect on lipid levels, a new analysis has shown. On-treatment LDL-cholesterol levels, regardless of the intensity of statin therapy, are significantly lower in summer than in winter, report investigators.

Mirthful laughter was linked to lower cholesterol and less risk of cardiovascular disease in a study of high-risk diabetic patients, U.S. researchers said. The addition of an adjunct therapeutic mirthful laughter Rx (a potential modulator of positive mood state) to standard diabetes care may lower stress and inflammatory response and …

Researchers have uncovered new evidence suggesting factors other than genes could cause obesity, finding that genetically identical cells store widely differing amounts of fat depending on subtle variations in how cells process insulin.

Exercising after short-term fasting (such as before breakfast) may increase the amount of fat burned.

Scientists at Burnham Institute for Medical Research have demonstrated in mice that transplanted pancreatic precursor cells are protected from the immune system when encapsulated in polytetrafluorethylene (PTFE).

Metformin may have long-term benefits in patients with Type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2), according to the results of a randomized, placebo-controlled trial. Add-on metformin improved glycemic control and reduced body weight and insulin requirements.

In a new report, researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine have found a gene that may be involved in the link between Type 2 diabetes and Alzheimer’s disease. Previous research has found that healthy elderly people with Type 2 diabetes are twice as likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease, but …