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).

Why is it that not everybody who is overweight develops diabetes, and not every person with diabetes is overweight? That’s where the disease gets complicated

Having hypoglycemic (low blood sugar level) episodes that are severe enough to require hospitalization are associated with a greater risk of dementia for older adults with Type 2 diabetes, according to a study.