A common diabetes medication may be helping patients' tickers, too.

Vitamin D is essential for building strong bones. But new evidence suggests that it may also play an important role in protecting against cognitive decline.

The Mediterranean diet has long been promoted as a heart-healthy way of eating. But, for women, there may now be another good reason to adopt this diet.

Many of the deaths that occur around the world today may be preventable.

Exercise may be at the heart of good diabetes control. Literally.

Diabetes patients often face a second problem: kidney disease. But a new medication may be here to help.

Any medication can cause side effects, and high blood pressure medications are no exception.

For patients with heart disease, cholesterol-lowering statins are often the first line of defense. But it seems that many doctors are prescribing statins to elderly patients without heart disease — and that could be a problem.

Following the recent approval of a first-in-its-class cholesterol medication, a second treatment in this class received the green light from the FDA.

Beta blockers are a class of heart medications that treat high blood pressure. But for some patients, they may have other lifesaving benefits.