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Which food is the biggest single source of calories in America? Burgers? Pizza? Aunt Celia’s fruitcake? Actually, the biggest source of calories is not really a food at all (although I suppose the same could be said about the fruitcake). The answer is in that 44 ounce Super Big Gulp …

New study sheds light on the key mechanisms by which new pancreatic beta cells normally form in response to insulin resistance.

Insulin sensitivity may be more directly related to loss of intramyocellular or omental fat rather than loss of total body weight.

Active Seniors Have Hearts Like Those Years Younger

Therapy emerges as a critical therapeutic intervention

People with diabetes who are depressed are less likely to watch what they eat, to exercise, and to take their medications.

HDL levels dropped by 20%.

Fruit flies have cells that function like a miniature pancreas, which is good news for researchers hoping to use the tiny insects to develop cures for diabetes.

Subnormal postprandial ghrelin suppression in black women can play a role in their increased prevalence of diabetes, obesity and cardiovascular disorders.

Removing copper in the extracellular matrix of the heart, the increased collagen in diabetes is ameliorated, and cardiomyopathy is reversed.