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Obese patients often have increased ambulatory blood pressure as well as an altered circadian blood pressure rhythm.

Instructing sedentary women to walk 10,000 steps per day is more effective at increasing exercise per day than is asking them to walk 30 minutes on most days of the week.

The use of triple antiretroviral therapy during pregnancy is associated with significant decreases in neonatal insulin levels.

Directly treating insulin resistance with fenofibrate speeds recovery from general trauma, illness, and surgery.

The weight-loss drug Meridia helps overweight people with diabetes to shed pounds and control their blood glucose levels.

Dyslipidemic hypertension subjects were 57% more likely to develop cardiovascular disease.

New study finds that cutting down on stress and boosting aerobic fitness fights both heart disease and depression.

In women with adrenal deficiency or who had their adrenal gland removed, DHEA replacement may prevent the occurrence of diabetes.

While epidemiological studies have shown that the incidence of some cancers is increased in patients with diabetes, the risk of lung cancer apparently is not.

New strategy of higher doses of statins works to reduce LDL cholesterol and risks of strokes and heart attacks.