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Researchers at the University of Warwick have discovered diabetes could be a hidden condition for some patients with coronary heart disease.

Losing weight through diet and exercise lowers diabetes risk in men and women, but men may have to work harder for the same benefit, new research suggests.

Results of a meta-analysis indicate that the antiepileptic agent pregabalin is safe and effective for relieving pain in diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN).

Compared with open gastric bypass surgery, performing the procedure laparoscopically reduces postoperative complications as well as the need for reoperation and is associated with a shorter hospital stay, new research shows. Nevertheless, laparoscopic gastric bypass does incur higher total costs.

The consumption of a diet containing vegetable oils rich in alpha-linolenic acid (ALA) is associated with significant reductions in the risk of nonfatal myocardial infarction (MI), a new study has shown.

Dr. Sheri Colberg, Ph.D., FACSM, continues to get our patients fit by giving them Lower-body resistance training exercises: Seated leg extensions and standing leg curls.

Measurement of the ankle-brachial index may improve the accuracy of cardiovascular risk prediction beyond the Framingham risk score, a new meta-analysis suggests.

People with impaired glucose tolerance were 81% less likely to develop type 2 diabetes over a 3-year period if treated with pioglitazone, according to the findings of an industry-sponsored randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of 602 patients.

It appears that not only the mother’s weight plays an important role in conceiving, but the father’s as well, as reported at the 24th annual conference of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology on July 9.

As concern about children’s health grows along with their waistlines, experts at C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital warn that the childhood obesity epidemic could lead to large numbers of younger adults developing type 2 diabetes, causing serious and lasting health complications for future generations of Americans.