The growing epidemic of childhood obesity is a significant driver of type 2 diabetes. Worldwide, the number of children who ...

Patients with hyperglycemic crisis at type 2 diabetes diagnosis should be closely monitored for acute kidney injury and chronic kidney disease. The risk for chronic kidney disease (CKD) is higher for ...

The Secretary is appointed by the president and must be confirmed by the Senate, which is currently ruled by a Republican ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has used his platform to spread misleading and false claims about vaccine safety, is expected to play a significant public health role in the next Trump administration. Amna ...

The Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday on a lawsuit challenging how the government calculates Medicare ...

At HLTH’s health care industry conference in Las Vegas, HHS officials said they’re developing a cross-agency strategic plan to regulate artificial intelligence in health care, aiming to ...

Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX), Marco Rubio (R-FL), James Lankford (R-OK), and other upper chamber Republicans sent a scathing letter to Secretary Xavier Becerra of the Department of Health and Human ...

Many cases of DKA and HHS can be prevented by better access to medical care, proper patient education, and effective communication with a health care provider during an intercurrent illness.

The executive branch has significant power through agencies like CMS, FDA, and HHS to influence policy outcomes. For example, a Republican-led administration could take actions on drug pricing ...

Although the pathogenesis of DKA is better understood than that of HHS, the basic underlying mechanism for both disorders is a reduction in the net effective concentration of circulating insulin ...

Scientists have designed a new form of insulin that can automatically switch itself on and off depending on glucose levels in the blood. In animals, this ‘smart’ insulin 1 reduced high blood ...