For decades, physicians and scientists thought metformin, the leading Type 2 diabetes medication taken by millions worldwide, ...

Scientists in Sweden have taken a major step toward a potential cure for type 1 diabetes by developing a more reliable way to create insulin-producing cells from human stem cells. These lab-grown ...

In this Huberman Lab Essentials episode, I explain how the body senses and uses sugar, and why understanding those mechanisms ...

To avoid the long distances rural health care providers have to travel for needed training, Texas Health has created a mobile ...

FLORENCE HALL, Trelawny — In the wake of last week’s discovery of metal fragments in samples of brown sugar produced by Pan-Caribbean Sugar Company Limited (PCSC), a medical doctor has offered advice ...

A new study in fruit flies suggests that link between hunger and the brain is not just a feeling, and it may be tied to how ...

The promise of sugar substitutes is simple: found in everything from yogurts to toothpaste, they claim to let people gorge on sweet treats without piling on weight and the tooth decay caused by ...

While coconut sugar is less processed, has a lower glycemic index, and has a slightly better nutrition profile than table sugar, that doesn't make it healthier than sugar or good for you. Coconut ...

Lab results can be confusing. These questions will help you understand what they're really telling you about your health.

The rise of drug-resistant bacteria is complicating care in hospitals around the world. Among the most feared are the so-called ESKAPE pathogens, a rogues’ gallery of microbes that “escape” many ...

A few thousand years ago, sugar was unknown in the western world. Sugarcane, a tall grass first domesticated in New Guinea around 6000BC, was initially chewed for its sweet juice rather than ...