Patients who underwent Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) surgery lost more weight, reduced cardiovascular risks and improved obesity-related measures than intensive medical diabetes and weight management in obese patients with type 2 diabetes, according to a study published in the American Diabetes Association’s Diabetes Care.

Survivors of childhood cancer are quicker to develop hypertension and high cholesterol by six and eight years, respectively, when compared to the general population, according to a study published online March 9 in the European Heart Journal.

Patients hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) actually fare better when some of the top minds in interventional cardiology are away at the annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) meeting, suggests a study published March 9 in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

The American Diabetes Association (ADA) released a statement March 8 in response to the American College of Physicians’ (ACP) guidance statement on blood glucose targets, saying it is “deeply concerned” with the recommendations.

The rate of new diabetes cases among American adults is dropping but continues to rise in children, according to the 2017 Diabetes Report Card released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

A cardiology fellow from Duke University Medical Center believes the inflammatory processes hardwired in our immune systems became more powerful with human evolution and contribute to the significant burdens of atherosclerosis and heart disease in present day.

A study of 50 sets of patients and caregivers suggests the first month after left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation is when the patient’s quality of life improves the most—but also when the caregiver is under the most stress.

Diabetic alert dogs are becoming the first line of defense against erratic high and low blood sugar levels for children with Type 1 diabetes.