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A new Manhattan Study (NOMAS) presented at last week’s American Stroke Association’s International Stroke Conference, states that people who drank diet soda every day had a 61% higher risk of vascular events than those who reported no soda drinking.…

Researchers at St. Michael’s Hospital and the Institute for Clinical and Evaluative Sciences (ICES) in Toronto have developed a new tool that will help doctors predict the probability of death in patients after an ischemic stroke….

Type 1 diabetes is linked to nearly a 10-fold increase in cold-like enterovirus infection, according to the results of a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational molecular studies.…

This study strengthens the plausibility that low serum vitamin D levels elevate the risk for early-stage diabetes and hypertension….

Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have identified genetic variations in a hormone involved in the secretion of insulin that occur more frequently in some human populations than others….

Metformin had modest but favorable effects on body weight, body composition, and glucose homeostasis in obese insulin-resistant children participating in a low-intensity weight-reduction program.…

After handling fruits and using an alcohol swab to clean the area before testing, you can still get elevated blood sugars from your monitor.…

A new clinical trial at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center is among the first to test surgery specifically for Type 2 diabetes….

The first time that many patients realize that diabetes can affect their kidneys is when they are referred to renal services….

A follow-up study from Children’s Hospital Boston, now reveals exactly how omega-3’s provide protection, and provides reassurance that widely used COX-inhibiting drugs like aspirin and NSAIDs don’t negate their benefit….