diabetes and heart disease

Simple exercise machine makes it fun for wheelchair users to fight high obesity, diabetes and heart disease rates.

A Finnish study of identical twins has found that physical inactivity and acquired obesity can impair expression of the genes which help the cells produce energy.

The findings suggest that lifestyle, more than heredity, contributes to insulin resistance in people who are obese.

Insulin resistance increases the chance of developing diabetes and heart disease.

Teenagers' obesity-related medical complications improve just six months after laparoscopic gastric banding surgery, according to outcomes data.

Persons with periodontitis who also are infected with human papillomavirus are at increased risk of developing tongue cancer, new research has shown.

Periodontitis is a chronic inflammatory disease that destroys connective tissue and bone supporting the teeth. It has been associated with various systemic diseases, including diabetes and heart disease.