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Findings highlight need for evidence-based, weight-management strategies for persons with type 1 diabetes—often considered thin person’s disease 

Nearly all older adults with Alzheimer’s disease rely on the help of family and other unpaid help. Experts on aging share essential tips and resources for these caregivers to also care for themselves.

Findings consistent with prior studies and highlight potential benefit of hearing aid use

The global rise of diabetes is fast outpacing efforts to address health care gaps, and today, more than 3 in 4 adults with diabetes now live in low- and middle-income countries. But in these countries, 1 in 3 people with the condition has never had their blood glucose measured at all. 

We're arguably more parts microbe than human—and our health depends on their health.

Analysis also suggests undiagnosed diabetes is more prevalent in certain subgroups, including older and obese adults, racial/ethnic minorities, and those without health care access.

A prediabetes diagnosis is not necessarily a precursor to diabetes. It’s an important intervention opportunity for a condition that is potentially reversible with modest weight loss through exercise and healthy eating habits.

Researchers found significant differences in movement patterns between participants with normal cognition and those with mild cognitive impairment or Alzheimer’s disease.

Findings show that an improved C-Score can identify 87% of individuals living in the U.S. who will experience premature death.

The study found that participants who had stopped smoking retained a significantly increased risk of heart failure for decades after they’d stopped smoking.

The discovery raises the possibility that some of the roughly two million new cases of colorectal cancer every year around the world originate from brief and seemingly mild food-poisoning events.

Chronic diseases are often accompanied by depression. Effective treatment requires addressing both.

The most common skin cancer among people of color is also one of the least researched. That is changing, finally.

People with hypertension or diabetes are usually are not given a simple test for protein in the urine to screen for chronic kidney disease, a potentially deadly disorder.

Children who were exposed to higher levels of trace minerals manganese and selenium during their mothers’ pregnancy had a lower risk of high blood pressure in childhood.