Pig organs: Ready for humans at last? IN THE not too distant future, a person in need of a heart transplant could be offered a pig’s organ. That’s the hope of a group that met in China last week to agree global guidelines for the first clinical trials of “xenotransplants”.

Researchers have identified a molecule that tells your brain your stomach is full – signaling that it’s time to say no to a second piece of pumpkin pie and push back from the Thanksgiving table.

Tributyltin, a ubiquitous pollutant that has a potent effect on gene activity, could be promoting obesity, according to an article in the December issue of BioScience. The chemical is used in antifouling paints for boats, as a wood and textile preservative, and as a pesticide on high-value food crops, among …

Regular exercise and a calcium-rich diet are two ways to help lower the risk of metabolic syndrome, according to a new study.

A drop in blood potassium levels caused by diuretic thiazides could be the reason why hypertensive patients taking these drugs are at higher risk for developing type 2 diabetes, according to a new study.

Young adults who were exposed to diabetes in the womb appear to be at increased risk for developing diabetes at an early age.

Women younger than 65 with diabetes tend to have worse heart problems than diabetic men of the same age, leading to higher death rates following a heart attack, the results of a Swedish study indicate.

Among patients with type 2 diabetes taking oral antidiabetes drugs, hypoglycemia is nearly 3 times more common with sulfonylurea treatment than with metformin use

Risk factors have been identified for recurrent cardiac events in patients with type 2 diabetes, according to the results of a new study. 

Eating fish at least twice a week seems to reduce the incidence of kidney disease in patients with diabetes, according to findings from a large British study.