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Despite motivation, patients with diabetes still consuming high-fat diets, failing to exercise sufficiently

Weight still matters, even if you put in time at the gym and are fit.

Stroke patients see 38% reduction in risk of nonfatal MIs, 26% drop in CHF risk.

Visceral adiposity is associated with both peripheral and hepatic insulin resistance, independent of gender, in the type 2 diabetic patients

The use of thiazolidinediones as a strategy for blood glucose lowering in type 2 diabetics may be associated with a reduced risk of myocardial infarction (MI).

That according to 2 recent studies in the American Journal of Hypertension and Nutrition.

Obese men who participated in a 3-week program that included a high-fiber, low-fat diet and daily exercise in blood pressure, oxidative stress, nitric oxide availability and metabolic profile.

A patch about the size and weight of a matchbook that be worn on the body and with ultrasound can deliver therapeutically effective doses of insulin, has been developed by Penn State engineers

Diabetics have decreased flow-mediated dilatation and increased arterial stiffness compared to non-diabetics, researchers in India have found.

Lack of financial and staff resources, poor clinical information systems, physician workload and resistance to change were all barriers to care using best management processes.