The food, alcohol, and tobacco industries have been blamed for “manufacturing epidemics” of chronic disease, but they’re just trying to sell more product like everyone else. And so if that means distorting science, creating front groups, compromising scientists, blocking public health policies… they’re just trying to protect their business. It’s not about customer satisfaction, but […]

A new study — which compared the effects of weight loss surgeries Roux en Y gastric bypass and adjustable gastric banding on diabetes — found that Roux en Y helped more patients reverse their type 2 diabetes. Type 2 diabetes is often referred to as a …

Protein discovery that could reverse the damage of diabetes: Breakthrough could lead to cheap drug that would halt disease. Scientists find treatment for type 2 diabetes which could reverse disease; They found that a protein produced in the body cured …

Meanwhile, Beyoncé has written the introduction to a new book about veganism, and the benefits of eating a plant-based diet. What's that you say, Beyoncé hails from Texas, a part of the world famed for its deep-fried animal eating competitions, and …

The key to the groundbreaking approach that has been proven effective in mice are beta cells, which the researchers explain are "critical" in type 1 and type 2 diabetes. These cells are progressively lost in the wake of the disease due to programmed …

Professor Victor Gault said: "Our studies now show that when these mice are treated orally with Sitagliptin that this drug reverses their cognitive decline as well as their diabetes. "Ulster University believes these new findings offer enormous …

In the future the researchers plan to try transplanting more mature insulin-producing cells into the mouse models in hopes of further reversing the effects of type 2 diabetes. The researchers noted a similar stem cell-based transplantation method …

The study, conducted by researchers from Melbourne's Walter and Eliza Hall Institute and the RIKEN Institute in Japan, reversed type 2 diabetes in laboratory models by preventing inflammation in certain kinds of fat tissue.

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – The folks at PETA have a suggestion for helping to ensure that the woman who shot at a McDonald's after failing to get bacon on her burger does not reoffend – make her eat a vegan diet during her stay. The president and co-founder of …

The lead researcher of the project said it even opened up the possibility that the damage caused by age-related diseases could ultimately be “reversed”. Professor Juan Carlos Izpisua Belmonte, from the institue's Gene … The study, published in the …

Washington, DC: In what has been described as perhaps the largest settlement for a pharmaceutical drug that actively remains on the market, Takeda Pharmaceuticals of Japan will set aside as much as $2.4 billion to settle upwards of 9,000 pending …

Meanwhile, Beyoncé has written the introduction to a new book about veganism, and the benefits of eating a plant-based diet. What's that you say, Beyoncé hails from Texas, a part of the world famed for its deep-fried animal eating competitions, and …

Could our diet while growing up affect our offspring's vitality? Enlarge. Dr. Luciano Matzkin studies generations of fruit flies to find out the effects of the larval diet that maternal flies consume on the next generation's vitality.

Dieting is not all it's cracked up to be. Not only are dieters prone to post-diet weight gain, but intense calorie-restricted and yo-yo diets produce cognitive strain and neurotoxicity that may actually make you dumb. Research …

Stem cell treatment could reverse type 2 diabetes, according to new research. The study, published in Stem Cell Reports and conducted by scientists at the University of British Columbia and BetaLogics, is the first to indicate …

Preventing inflammation in obese fat tissue may hold the key to preventing or even reversing type 2 diabetes, new research has found. Researchers from Melbourne's Walter and Eliza Hall Institute and the RIKEN Institute, …