Patients with high cholesterol levels who continually take statins appear to have a lower risk of death over four to five years, regardless of whether they already have diagnosed heart disease, according to a report

A key protein in the immune system pathway that effects the pancreas discovered.

Treatment of mild gestational diabetes yields clinical benefit, a randomized trial showed. Although a composite endpoint of neonatal morbidity did not differ between the treatment group and the controls, rates of Caesarean delivery (P=0.021) and shoulder dystocia (P=0.019) were significantly reduced by treatment.

Taking a much higher than recommended dose of the hypertension drug candesartan cilexetil effectively lowered the amount of protein excreted in the urine of patients with kidney disease, according to a new study.

Drug and medical device manufacturers would need to publicly disclose all doctor payments and gifts exceeding $100 per year under U.S. legislation unveiled last week.

Pharmacists are always telling me that patients don’t fill prescriptions when they hit the doughnut hole in Medicare Part D coverage. This week Yuting Zhang, Assistant Professor Of Health Economics at Pitt’s Graduate School of Public Health, and her co-authors, released a report that shows seniors cut back on their …

The ADA and other organizations will be announcing the guidelines on how to use the A1c test to diagnose diabetes. The test that has been used by most doctors is the fasting blood glucose test. The problem with the fasting blood glucose is that you have to be fasting, but …

The American Diabetes Association and other leading diabetes organizations in the U.S. will come out within the next six months with guidelines on the use of the A1C test as a diagnostic tool for patients with type 2 diabetes.

According to a study, a majority of diabetics (60%) avoid physical activity because they worry about exercise-induced hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) and severe consequences including loss of consciousness.

Nearly one-third of U.S. adults age 65 and older have diabetes, while an additional 30 percent have pre-diabetes, researchers said.