According to a report by investigators in Finland. hypertension and type 2 diabetes independently increase the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD), and the combination of the two increases the risk “dramatically,” especially in women.

Italian researchers report, that patients with type 1 hereditary hemochromatosis, associated with a homozygous mutation in the HFE gene, can benefit from phlebotomy and hence iron depletion.

A research team has discovered that in some individuals, the specialized immunoregulatory T-cells that regulate the body’s autoimmune reactions may lose their effectiveness and become “lazy” over time, leading to the onset of type 1 diabetes.

U of A medical researchers have found a way to reduce the amount of bad cholesterol and fatty acids that end up in the blood from food the body metabolizes, a key discovery that could lead to new drugs to treat and reverse the effects of Type 2 diabetes and …

U.S. drugmaker Eli Lilly and Co remains “very committed” to developing an inhaled form of insulin, despite recent decisions by competitors to abandon rival products.

Increased blood sugar levels signal a heightened risk of heart disease, especially among women, a new study finds. With a fasting blood sugar of 110 to 125, women have the same risk for heart disease as those women diagnosed with diabetes.

The annual number of Americans older than 65 newly diagnosed with diabetes increased by 23 percent between 1994 to 1995 and 2003 to 2004, according to a new report.

One of the largest studies ever to link exercise capacity to mortality risk should motivate physicians to pay as much attention to patients’ exercise capacity as they do other major risk factors, researchers say.

New research has produced strong evidence of how work stress is linked to the biological mechanisms involved in the onset of heart disease.

Eighteen years of follow-up shows that men are twice as likely to die from heart disease as women. However, this gender gap is markedly reduced when only patients with diabetes are considered.