Growth hormone secretion and fat-free mass were increased in elderly patients with use of the oral ghrelin mimetic MK-677, according to the results of a 2-year, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, clinical trial.

A diet packed with energy-dense foods, those containing more calories per volume, may increase a person’s risk of developing diabetes, new research suggests.

Many overweight and obese African-American women believe that they have a low risk of obesity-related diseases, according to data reported at the National Institutes of Health Summit:

Results of the Veterans Affairs Diabetes Trial (VADT), a long-term study of US veterans with type 2 diabetes receiving intensive blood glucose control., published online December 17, 2008, in the New England Journal of Medicine, can be confusing.

Children born to mothers with pregnancy-related diabetes run twice the risk of language development problems, according to a research team

People with diabetes and hypertension are less likely to comply with nutritional recommendations for lowering blood pressure than people with hypertension alone, reported at the American Public Health Association 136th Annual Meeting.

Diabetes drugs must now clear cardiovascular hurdle, says FDA….

Recent studies showing that gastric bypass surgery extends the lives of obese patients is forcing surgeons to make tough decisions about who should go under the knife and who shouldn’t.

Study urges supplementation of vitamin D to protect bones later in life for those children found to be deficient in vitamin D (75%).

More cases of blood cancers classified as non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, or NHL, seem to occur among people with diabetes than those without, researchers report.