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Studies of modifiable risk factors for stroke have been conducted largely in developed countries. Few data have been collected in the developing world, where 85% of stroke mortality occurs… 

Rising numbers of people who are resistant to insulin or who have Type 2 diabetes may also have an increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease according to a new study…

  By Sheri Colberg, PhD   Insulin action is affected by many different factors, but arguably the one that may have the biggest impact in the case of diabetes and management of hyperglycemia is the amount of glycogen that is already stored in skeletal muscles. The body can only store …

According to a study published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, the heart risk from Actos is just as great as the risk posed by Avandia according to a story published Tuesday, August 24 by the Los Angeles Times….

Using a sophisticated nanotechnology-based “vaccine,” researchers were able to successfully cure mice with Type 1 diabetes and slow the onset of the disease in mice at risk for the disease…  

HDL-cholesterol concentrations are inversely associated with occurrence of cardiovascular events…

A British meta-analysis found that increasing the daily intake of green leafy vegetables can reduce the risk of Type 2 diabetes… 

A Brazilian surgeon has developed a new procedure usinging surgical intervention through “Ileal Transposition” (or small intestinal switch) that can effectively control Type 2 diabetes…

Two strategies aimed at preventing cardiovascular events in high-risk patients — use of an angiotensin receptor blocker or a short-acting insulin secretagogue for five years — failed to reduce myocardial infarction or stroke, researchers here reported…  

Gene variants associated with an increased risk for Type 1 diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis may confer previously unknown benefits to their human carriers. As a result, the human race may have been evolving in the recent past to be more susceptible, rather than less, to some complex diseases…