glucose tolerance

When consumed for as little as two weeks, common alternatives to sugar affect intestinal bacterial communities, with some reducing the body’s ability to regulate blood glucose levels, a study finds.

Healthy people put through high-intensity interval training, or HIIT, displayed insulin resistance and mitochondrial dysfunction after working out excessively.

A needle-free alternative to the finger-prick test would be a godsend for many sufferers of diabetes, but the industry has yet to clear the technological hurdles.

Disease risk can be transmitted epigenetically via egg and sperm cells, a mouse study shows.

Obesity appears linked to the gut microbiome. How and why is still a mystery—but scientists have plenty of ideas.