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The American Heart Association (AHA) revised their dietary and lifestyle recommendations aimed at preventing cardiovascular disease and published them in the June 19 Rapid Access issue of Circulation.

Patients with type 2 diabetes who use insulin are at heightened risk for developing hypertension.

Insulin detemir achieved target HbA1c values with less hypoglycaemia and weight gain than NPH insulin.

Researchers reported a new non-invasive technology that uses fluorescent light to detect the presence of abnormal concentrations of diabetes-related biological markers found in skin was able to significantly outperform fasting plasma glucose (FPG) as a screening test for pre-diabetes and type 2 diabetes.

A new report from the journal of Circulation says that obesity is to blame and consequences will overwhelm U.S. health-care system, experts say.

Lowering LDL (“bad”) cholesterol levels substantially below currently recommended levels significantly reduces the chances that people with diabetes and heart disease will suffer a stroke or heart attack, researchers report.

Most people at high risk of developing type 2 diabetes are willing to participate in a risk-reduction program, but few are willing to pay full price to do so.

People taking statins to lower their cholesterol may reap another reward. A new study shows the drugs may also reduce the risk for the most common type of cataract by 60%.

For people with type 2 diabetes, when pioglitazone and glipizide are given in doses sufficient to achieve equivalent glycemic control, pioglitazone increases total body water, thereby accounting for the majority of weight gain, and decreased visceral and abdominal fat content.

A new nutrition makeover television series is opening parents’ eyes to change.