The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) and CalFresh Healthy Living, the state’s nutrition assistance program, recently launched a health campaign to illuminate the risks of...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — With an over two times higher mortality rate for black infants compared to their white counterparts. These numbers paint a dire picture that...
A new study by researchers at UC Berkeley—including those at UC Berkeley School of Public Health and the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics—and elsewhere shows...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Aging shrinks the brain by about 5 percent between age 45 and 60. AARP writer Sari Harrar notes that, while that might sound...
CHICAGO CRUSADER — The warm temperatures and increased physical activity that come with spring and summer means many people will be eating less.That means it could be...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Growing up, we just said they had ‘the sugar’ which didn’t sound that concerning. But, when you look at the facts, there’s nothing...
DALLAS POST TRIBUNE — About 610,000 people die of heart disease in the United States every year.
BLACK VOICE NEWS — The cost of insulin nearly tripled from 2002 to 2013 and has doubled again since then.
Carolyn Gregoire, THE HUFFINGTON POST (The Huffington Post) — A growing body of research is finding that diabetes can take as devastating a toll on...
Honor Whiteman, MEDICAL NEWS TODAY (Medical News Today) — A new study suggests weight-loss surgery combined with low-level lifestyle interventions may be a more effective...
(Fox News) – A growing body of evidence suggests that weight-loss surgery is more effective than diet and exercise at getting rid of Type 2...
(The Washington Post) – A study in the New England Journal of Medicine reports that taking daily shots of liraglutide (marketed as Saxenda) can help overweight or obese patients lose weight...
(Medical News Today) – In a new study, researchers from Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City, NY, found that the order in which different...
(Medical News Today) – In a new study, researchers from Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City, NY, found that the order in which different...
MARILYNN MARCHIONE, AP Chief Medical Writer Some widely used diabetes medicines help control blood sugar without the heart risks suggested by earlier research, new studies find....
(Daily Mail) – Bacteria responsible for common skin infections, food poisoning and MRSA could also trigger one of the most prevalent diseases of our time –...
(Newsmaine) – Researchers from University of Hull in the United Kingdom stated that the overweight diabetics can live longer than normal-thin weight people. As per...
(Newsmaine) – Researchers from University of Hull in the United Kingdom stated that the overweight diabetics can live longer than normal-thin weight people. As per...
Roberto Ferdman, THE WASHINGTON POST (The Washington Post)—When the nation’s top nutrition panel released its latest dietary recommendations on Thursday, the group did something it had...
Roberto Ferdman, THE WASHINGTON POST (The Washington Post)—When the nation’s top nutrition panel released its latest dietary recommendations on Thursday, the group did something it had...
NEW HAVEN (New York Times) — One of my elderly patients has Type 2 diabetes and heart disease. He takes a number of medications, including insulin...