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The risk of heart failure goes up 11% for every one-point increase in body-mass index (BMI)

Three-quarters of children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes had insufficient levels of vitamin D in a study conducted by researchers at Joslin Diabetes Center.

From the findings of a study from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health, comes the information that the Human parechovirus is a harmless virus which is encountered by most infants and displays few symptoms. But is suspected of triggering type 1 diabetes in susceptible people.

Regular coffee consumption was not associated with an increased mortality rate in either men or women.

Surgery could help them avoid long-term complications of blood sugar disease, scientists say. But changing the diet and increasing physical activity can have the same results. Is this really a magic pill? What happens over time?

White-coat hypertension is considered harmless in most people, but it appears to increase the risk of microvascular complications in patients with type 2 diabetes, Brazilian researchers report in Diabetes Care.

In pediatric patients with type 1 diabetes, insulin glargine is associated with greater reductions in glucose variability vs NPH/Lente insulin when used as the basal component of multiple daily injections (MDIs).

Certain ethnic groups and women with lower socioeconomic status are at increased risk of developing diabetes while pregnant, research shows.

Finding may clarify the disease’s connection to obesity.

Worst diet promotions of 2008 snag 20th Annual Slim Chance Awards- Each year the Healthy Weight Network evaluates all the fad diets and programs and selects the worst of the worst. Check out this years list.