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Only about a third of persons with hypertension have controlled blood pressure. Nonadherence to hypertensive therapy is a major factor leading to poor blood pressure control, according to a new report that provides a “conceptual framework of factors affecting medication adherence and subsequent blood pressure control, outcomes, and health care …

New research suggests diabetes increases the risk of death from pancreatic, colon, liver, breast and bladder cancer. Moreover, this holds true even after accounting for obesity, which is common among diabetics and is a well-known risk factor for cancer.

Parents of overweight children treat mealtime differently than parents of healthy children. Research suggests healthy-eating, active parents often pass their habits onto their kids, just as sedentary parents do, said Edward Laskowski, co-director of the Sports Medicine Center at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.

A 4-item questionnaire helps to predict patient medication-taking behavior. Tight blood glucose control has been correlated with a reduction in diabetes complications. Adherence to antidiabetic medications is crucial to achieving blood glucose control.

More diabetes education through community pharmacies is needed. The object of the study was to determine the relationship between pharmacists’ attitudes toward diabetes and their involvement in diabetes patient education in the community setting.

Enteric-coated aspirin is less potent than plain aspirin, which may make it less effective in preventing heart disease

Twin global epidemics of obesity and diabetes are out of control and could reduce life expectancy in the future, say health experts.

Conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) supplementation reduced body fat mass (BFM) in healthy, overweight adults.

In overweight and obese women undergoing weight reduction, changes in fat distribution appear to be associated with coronary heart disease (CHD) risk.

Research suggests that the positive effects of alcoholic beverages on cardiovascular disorders is not due to alcohol alone.