Long sleepers may have a higher risk of stroke

People who sleep particularly long may have an increased likelihood of developing a stroke. This is the outcome of a British study published in "Neurology". According to the study, the risk increases by almost 50 per cent when sleeping more than eight hours a night.

Diabetes raises limb amputation rate to over 400% in 8 years

The rate of limb amputations resulting from diabetes has increased by 404 percent over an eight-year period, whereas the amputation rates resulting from traffic accidents dropped by 39.8 percent, according to data released by the Ministry of Health.

High Blood Sugar and Risk of Early Death in Some

Even normal but slightly elevated levels can signal trouble, study notes

High Cholesterol in Middle Age, Heart Risk Later?

Even slightly higher levels took their toll, researchers note

U.S. Advisers Rethink Cholesterol Risk From Foods

Trans fats are a bigger threat to heart health, doctors and dietitians say

Decades-old advice to Americans against eating foods high in cholesterol likely will not appear in the next update of the nation's Dietary Guidelines, according to published reports.

For reducing cholesterol, corn oil better than olive oil...

For reducing cholesterol, corn oil better than olive oil, study suggests

Consuming vegetable oils has been associated with a reduction in total and low-density lipoprotein (LDL), or bad, cholesterol. But a study published in the January/February 2015 edition of the Journal of Clinical Lipidology suggests that between corn oil and extra virgin olive oil, the corn variety does a better job.

How genes and environment conspire to trigger diabetes

Diabetes appears to be a disease written deeply in human genes, a feature millions of years old, which can emerge yet also retreat through the influence of environmental forces such as diet, a new study suggests.

Women smokers may have same risk for deadly aneurysm as men

Women who smoke cigarettes are just as likely as men to develop potentially fatal aneurysms in the main artery leading from the heart, according to a recent study.

Guidelines already recommend screening men over age 65 who have ever smoked for abdominal aortic aneurysm, a life-threatening condition, but it may be time to give women the same advice, the authors say.

Wearable Monitors May Help Spot High Blood Pressure

Wearing device for a day gives more accurate info than single in-office reading, study says

The Difference Between Types of Diabetes

Many of us who have diabetes worry whether we have type 1 or type 2 diabetes. But particularly for those of us who take insulin, it may not be worth the stress. And for many of us it certainly can’t be diagnosed definitively.