After testing a once-weekly injectable form of glucose-lowering drug exenatide on type 2 diabetes patients for years, researchers have concluded the medication doesn’t have any effect on the incidence of major cardiovascular events.

More Americans are monitoring their blood pressure at home, according to new research presented at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions, but those more likely to do so have partners and college degrees.

Sex-specific treatments of hypertension in teenagers and young adults might prove to be beneficial later in life, a group of Canadian scientists have found.

Researchers at Rutgers University-New Brunswick have been studying a fat-regulating enzyme—one they claim could help unlock the science behind obesity, cancer and diabetes.

Dangerous side effects of high blood pressure, including organ damage, could be affecting Americans earlier in life than previously thought, according to a new study published in Hypertension.

Preeclampsia could have a permanent, constricting effect on blood vessels of women who experience the hypertensive condition while pregnant, new research suggests.

Most of us might equate type 2 diabetes with too much sugar, but a recent Swedish study found that risk of developing diabetes correlated to salt intake in the country’s population.

Overtreatment of diabetes in elderly patients could be contributing to an increase in the number of falls, dizzy spells and confusion those individuals experience, according to research published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.