Biological evolution works slowly. Genetic changes that truly adapt humans to new environments generally require many ...

For years, medical treatments for obesity and type 2 diabetes have focused on the brain and gut. Drugs in the glucagon like ...

Now, a team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has taken a significant step towards true noninvasive glucose ...

Sudden cardiac death is much more common in people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes than in the general population, and it ...

Garlic extract is emerging as an unlikely challenger to chlorhexidine, the antiseptic mouthwash that dentists have relied on ...

The GRACE trial suggests that real time continuous monitoring can reduce the risk of having a larger baby in women with ...

Linoleic acid is a common omega-6 fatty acid in many vegetable oils. In the body it is converted into signalling molecules ...

Tirzepatide, used in Mounjaro and Zepbound, can produce dramatic weight loss and improvements in blood pressure, cholesterol ...

The findings challenge the idea that sugar alcohols are always harmless and suggest that in high amounts they may still ...

The hard truth is that overweight in young adulthood clearly increases the risk of heart attack in later life. The hopeful ...

Reflux is more common in people on GLP 1 drugs and can itself cause cough. After removing these patients, GLP 1 users had a ...

Alternate-day fasting (ADF) is often promoted as a quick way to reduce weight and improve metabolic health. A new trial shows ...