Mayors from five cities have partnered with the National Forum for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention to raise awareness of heart disease.

Presidential candidate Donald Trump released his medical records Sept. 14, which revealed that he takes rosuvastatin to treat high cholesterol.

Novo Nordisk recalled six batches of the GlucaGen HypoKit, which is indicated to treat severe hypoglycemia in patients with diabetes who are receiving insulin.

More than 25 percent of type 2 diabetes patients suffer from neuropathy, a condition that causes numbness and nerve pain in the feet. But new research from Northwestern University has found a way to reverse the condition.

Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton released her updated medical information Sept. 14, three days after videos captured Secret Service agents assisting her to a van.

Medical societies typically develop guidelines to help physicians and patients understand the best way to prevent and treat certain diseases. When it comes to cardiovascular risk assessment, though, there is considerable variability among the recommendations.

DUBLIN - September 15, 2016 - Medtronic plc (NYSE:MDT), the global leader in medical technology, today announced the publication of its Hybrid Closed Loop system pivotal trial results in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). The data presented the safety of the system and showed that patients on the therapy experienced less glycemic variability, more time in the target range, less exposure to hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia, and reduced A1c compared to baseline data using sensor augmented pumps.1 The data was concurrently presented at the 52nd annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) in Munich, Germany. 

After adjusting for multiple variables, researchers found that every 10 grams of alcohol consumed per day was associated with a 5 percent higher risk of developing new-onset atrial fibrillation. Ten grams of alcohol is just under one drink.