The [US] Food and Drug Administration approved a new drug [on] Thursday to treat the heart rhythm disorder known as atrial fibrillation, which affects an estimated 2.5 million people in this country, most of them elderly.

Objectives - To evaluate whether mid-life marital status is related to cognitive function in later life.

Children with type 1 diabetes are more likely to be overweight than those without the disease, increasing their risk of serious health complications, researchers say.

In people with type 2 diabetes, as in healthy people, blood sugar rises much less after the second meal of the day, new research shows.

Despite widely published fears that diabetes drug Lantus may boost the risk of cancer, the Food and Drug Administration has urged diabetes patients to continue using this medication.