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Obesity and diabetes linked to heart disease can also affect the incidence and severity of cancer, a collection of four new studies suggests.

Older depressed patients with diabetes who receive additional intervention for their depression are half as likely to die within 5 years as similar patients who not provided this intervention

Fitness research shows that when a computer talks the talk, even couch potatoes can be persuaded to walk the walk.

A lifestyle implementation trial was designed for the primary care setting. The goal was to determine whether findings from the Finnish Diabetes Prevention Study (DPS),[1] which demonstrated a 58% reduction in diabetes with lifestyle intervention, could be replicated in a real-world clinical setting.

There is a high prevalence of eating disorders among girls with type 1 diabetes according to Canadian researchers. They also found that eating disturbances in this population are likely to persist over time.

In patients older than 65 with type 2 diabetes requiring insulin, insulin detemir may be a better choice than NPH insulin, based on an analysis of pooled data from randomized studies.In patients older than 65 with type 2 diabetes requiring insulin, insulin detemir may be a better choice than NPH …

Insulin treatment of nondiabetic patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and hyperglycemia is associated with reduced risk of death in the first 30 days.

Nearly three-fourths of American adults with conditions such as coronary heart disease, stroke, diabetes or others that raise their risk for cardiovascular complications also have hypertension (high blood pressure).

Diovan® (valsartan), an angiotensin receptor blocker or ARB, has been approved following a priority review by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of high blood pressure in children and adolescents ages six to 16.

A dose of vinegar taken at bedtime may favorably impact waking glucose concentrations in patients with type 2 diabetes, comes from the results of a new study.