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Results of a new study suggest that taking cholesterol-lowering statin drugs may decrease the risk of cognitive impairment and dementia in older adults.

Three studies published by kinesiology researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst suggest that, unless you are a competitive athlete, consuming sports drinks or high-carbohydrate foods such as energy bars right after exercising may negate the health benefits that physical exercise creates, especially for people with type 2 diabetes..

A class of oral drugs used to treat type 2 diabetes may make heart failure worse, according to an editorial published online in Heart

Terminally ill rodents with type 1 diabetes have been restored to full health with a single injection of a substance other than insulin by scientists at UT Southwestern Medical Center.

A recent study sheds new light on the standard hospital practice of glucose control. The study indicates that for critically ill patients, striving to keep blood glucose at normal levels doesn’t significantly reduce risk of death in the hospital, and actually increases the risk of low blood sugar.

The first patient in the New York City area received incision-free surgery for obesity.

Medications for blood pressure called beta blockers—like atenolol, propanolol and metaprolol— could be an unacceptable risk for diabetes.

Fenofibrate in combination with coenzyme Q10 (CoQ) appears to have a number of beneficial effects in type 2 diabetic subjects with mild left ventricular (LV) diastolic dysfunction, researchers report.

According to findings from a Swedish study, the risk of non-traumatic lower-extremity amputation remains high among patients with type 1 diabetes.

A snapshot of the retina could detect cell damage in the early stages of diabetes. Diabetics can lose “a substantial fraction–up to 50 percent–of their retinal cells” before they’re aware of vision problems.