A new study from the University of Guelph shows that replacing half of the available carbohydrates from potatoes or rice with cooked lentils can lower...
Rates of long-term cognitive decline are steeper in those who have diabetes compared with people with normal blood sugar control, according to a new study...
An international team of paleontologists has found the remains of an unusual prehistoric bear that lived 3.5 million years ago (Pliocene epoch) in Canada’s...
A review of previous epidemiological studies finds a strong association between the regular consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages such as soda and juice...
When a person has diabetes, their body either doesn’t produce enough insulin or doesn’t process blood sugar properly; at the root of that is the failure...
Streptococcus agalactiae (Group B-Streptococcus, or GBS) is a type of bacteria that can cause invasive infections in people of all ages. A research team...
Researchers using data from the Framingham Heart Study (FHS), a joint project of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute and Boston University, have...
Deprived of oxygen, African naked mole-rats (Heterocephalus glaber) can survive by metabolizing a type of sugar called fructose just as plants do, a new...
According to a new study by Yale School of Medicine researchers, fructose is converted in the human brain from glucose. The finding, published in the journal...
Children ages 2 to 18 should eat or drink less than six teaspoons of added sugars daily (equivalent to about 100 calories or 25 grams), according to new...
In a paper in the journal Science Advances, astronomers report the detection of 21 different organic molecules in gas from Comet Lovejoy, including the...
German researchers have developed an innovative approach for measuring blood glucose levels in diabetic patients.
A new painless technique uses infrared...
A new study reported in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition has revealed that dietary fructose (fruit sugar) rapidly causes liver damage in an animal...
A team of scientists at the University of California in Los Angeles has found that binging on soda and sweets for as little as six weeks may make you stupid.
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