An advisory panel to the FDA voted 8-8 Jan. 17 on a motion to approve the type 1 diabetes drug sotagliflozin, Reuters reported.

Trained “glycemia alert dogs” are more reliable in signaling out-of-range (OOR) blood sugar levels to their owners with type 1 diabetes than previously reported, according to a new study published in PLOS One.

A Harvard-led study of 130 hypertensive individuals found a unique home-based blood pressure (BP) control program run by non-physicians can help patients reach healthy BP goals within seven weeks.

Hong Kong researchers have identified “a previously unknown burden” of mental illness among those with young-onset type 2 diabetes (YOD), with a study suggesting more than one-third of days those patients spend in the hospital before age 40 can be attributed to mental health.

In the past year bone broth—the result of simmering animal bones with herbs and vegetables for anywhere between 20 minutes and 20 hours—has been lauded as a superfood, promoted as a Hollywood diet and linked to benefits like better gut health and stronger joints. Now, research out of Spain is proving at least some of those claims are true.

Older adults living in long-term care facilities experienced a similar risk of mortality and cardiovascular hospitalizations regardless of whether they were taking intensive or more moderate doses of statins, a retrospective study found.

Clinicians’ personal beliefs about the safety and efficacy of statins play a larger role in their likelihood of prescribing the medications than their knowledge of cholesterol guidelines, according to a study published Jan. 4 in the American Journal of Cardiology.

Smoking hookah could raise users’ risk of developing diabetes or becoming obese, the Telegraph has reported of a study out of Brighton and Sussex Medical School.