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Dr. Nilsson introduces himself, and talks about his research on hypertension and diabetes, and the complexity and difficulty of identifying an “ideal” blood pressure level for patients with varying degrees of cardiovascular risk, and different diseases. He also discusses the current guidelines and explains that much research still needs to …

Slimming Spectacles  Japanese inventors have designed a hi-tech device that claims to help people lose weight involving a pair of ‘slimming spectacles’ that trick the brain into thinking that food is 50% bigger than it really is. The virtual tasting headgear screens a larger-looking image of the food in front …

Patients admitted to hospital with pneumonia and elevated blood glucose levels were more likely to die than those with normal glucose levels…. 

A vaccine has been developed that could reset the body’s metabolism and prompt weight loss even with a modest change in calories taken in or burned up in exercise…. 

It is assumed that obese people are at a higher risk of mortality but a new study has found that obesity does not increase mortality risk…. 

Newer technologies designed to help people with type 1 diabetes monitor their blood sugar levels daily work better than traditional methods…. 

Three international diabetes groups have taken the first step toward developing a global initiative to improve diabetes care for older people…. 

Being older, male, or black significantly raised the risk for weight-loss failure after gastric bypass in a single-center study of more than 1,200 patients…. 

Eight-two percent of Americans are aware that being overweight is a key risk factor for diabetes, yet those at risk are not applying this logic to themselves…. 

The AHA and the ADA concluded in a position statement that using non-nutritive sweeteners could cut down on added sugars and therefore lead to beneficial effects. But an extensive literature search found sketchy, limited, and often contradictory evidence….