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The medications known as statins, typically prescribed to lower blood cholesterol levels, may also modestly reduce blood pressure, according to a new report in JAMA

Just vigorous walking for about an hour a day five times a week can chop a dozen years off the biological age of persons 64 and older, according to a new research.

Scientists at the Toronto General Hospital Research Institute have discovered a novel signaling pathway between three organs – the gut, the brain, and the liver – which lowers blood sugar when activated.

Publishers comment: This is another study that is flawed. Educating patients properly in the use of self monitoring can teach patients which foods are good and bad for them and can demonstrate the benefits of physical activity, if they are taught what the numbers mean in preventing the complications. It also can …

Even small increases in serum creatinine levels during hospitalization raise the risk of end stage renal disease and mortality of elderly patients over the long term in a 10-year study of 87,094 patients according to a University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) study.

Vitamin D insufficiency is under recognized and may be a significant contributor to neuropathic pain in type 2 diabetes. Vitamin D supplementation may be an effective “analgesic” in relieving neuropathic pain.

A new study indicates that overeating, rather than the obesity it causes, is the trigger for developing metabolic syndrome, a collection of heath risk factors that increases an individual’s chances of developing insulin resistance, fatty liver, heart disease and type 2 diabetes. The study is among the first to suggest …

Early diagnosis of a heart attack may now be possible using only a few drops of saliva and a new nano-bio-chip, according to a new study.

Substances isolated from bitter melon, a plant eaten and used medicinally in much of Asia, could provide the basis of new drugs for treating diabetes and obesity, an international team of researchers reports.

A new method that uses nanotechnology to rapidly measure minute amounts of insulin is a major step toward developing the ability to assess the health of the body’s insulin-producing cells in real time.