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Only half of patients had their therapy changed as needed, study found

Risk for metabolic syndrome was associated with sleep duration, according to the results of a cross-sectional community-based cohort study reported in the May issue of Sleep.

Low-dose aspirin can reduce daytime blood pressure if taken at night, and this may delay the progression of prehypertension to true hypertension, investigators report.

PCBs, toxic chemicals found nearly everywhere on the planet, may be fueling the diabetes epidemic, according to a study by researchers at the State University of New York Upstate Medical University.

Independent Testing Showed Far More Calories and Fat Than Advertised in Many Meals

It makes better control possible, heart experts say. They recommend that more than 100 million Americans should be monitoring their blood pressure at home, according to three major health organizations that are issuing recommendations on what to do and how to do it.

Men with diabetes who are having trouble keeping an erection could be at increased risk of serious heart problems according the results of a new study. It said that those with erectile dysfunction are twice as likely as other men with diabetes to develop heart disease.

New research monitoring the effects of islet cell transplantation resulted in near-normal metabolic control and decreased hypoglycemia.

New research suggests that resveratrol, a chemical commonly found in red wine, has the ability to lower blood-sugar levels, but it might also produce certain unpleasant adverse effects.

Wide fluctuation in blood glucose levels in critically ill patients is a predictor of mortality in those patients, suggests a new study.