Trying to maintain normal blood sugar levels can be harmful to type 2 diabetic patients who also have heart disease.

The American Diabetes Association (ADA) has awarded $600,000 to the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University to study the effects of resveratrol on prediabetes.

Researchers have found an increase over the past 10 years in hypertension among older Mexican-Americans living in the Southwest region of the United States.