Of the 4750 patients in the trail, 6 got lung cancer and Pfizer concluded that there were too few cases to determine a relationship between inhaled insulin and cancer.

The medications known as statins, typically prescribed to lower blood cholesterol levels, may also modestly reduce blood pressure, according to a new report in JAMA

Just vigorous walking for about an hour a day five times a week can chop a dozen years off the biological age of persons 64 and older, according to a new research.

Scientists at the Toronto General Hospital Research Institute have discovered a novel signaling pathway between three organs – the gut, the brain, and the liver – which lowers blood sugar when activated.

Have you tried to refer a child to a pediatric endocrinologist lately? According to the Journal of Pediatrics it may be harder than you think. For every 290 children with diabetes in the United States, there is only one board-certified pediatric endocrinologist, and 2 states, Montana and Wyoming reported no …

Publishers comment: This is another study that is flawed. Educating patients properly in the use of self monitoring can teach patients which foods are good and bad for them and can demonstrate the benefits of physical activity, if they are taught what the numbers mean in preventing the complications. It also can …

Even small increases in serum creatinine levels during hospitalization raise the risk of end stage renal disease and mortality of elderly patients over the long term in a 10-year study of 87,094 patients according to a University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) study.

Vitamin D insufficiency is under recognized and may be a significant contributor to neuropathic pain in type 2 diabetes. Vitamin D supplementation may be an effective “analgesic” in relieving neuropathic pain.

A new study indicates that overeating, rather than the obesity it causes, is the trigger for developing metabolic syndrome, a collection of heath risk factors that increases an individual’s chances of developing insulin resistance, fatty liver, heart disease and type 2 diabetes. The study is among the first to suggest …

Early diagnosis of a heart attack may now be possible using only a few drops of saliva and a new nano-bio-chip, according to a new study.