Children with high blood pressure may not suffer the consequences of hypertension until they become adults but, if left untreated, their condition can put them on a path to atherosclerosis and heart attack.

Consuming dairy products—cheese in particular—could actually help reduce the risk of diabetes in the American population, according to a study published in the Journal of Nutrition.

SAN CLEMENTE, Calif., Oct. 4, 2017 — ROX Medical, Inc., a privately held medical device company pioneering an innovative interventional vascular therapy for Uncontrolled Hypertension, announced today that the first patient was treated in the CONTROL HyperTeNsion (HTN)-2 clinical study, the Company's pivotal study to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the ROX Coupler used to create an arterio-venous anastomosis in the iliac vessels, in patients with high blood pressure.

More than half a million people were diagnosed with obesity-related cancers in the U.S. in 2014, the CDC reported Tuesday, and those numbers aren’t expected to deflate anytime soon.

A new study comparing vegetable oils suggests an essential fatty acid has a stronger tie to weight gain than saturated fat intake.

It’s time to turn up the heat—scientists in Finland have released evidence that frequent sauna bathing can decrease risk factors for men diagnosed with hypertension.

PLAINSBORO, N.J., Sept. 29, 2017 — Novo Nordisk today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Fiasp® (insulin aspart injection) 100 Units/mL, a fast-acting mealtime insulin indicated to improve glycemic control in adults with type 1 and type 2 diabetes.

Severely obese patients who underwent gastric bypass surgery showed favorable outcomes more than a decade later, including weight loss and remission of type 2 diabetes, a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine states.