Not an early bird? Don't worry — afternoon workouts could be better for your health
New research found that afternoon exercise provides greater health benefits for some people than a morning workout
How cellular 'garbage disposals' help us understand type 2 diabetes
Proteasomes team up to combat high sugar levels in cells, and also play a role in neurological diseases
Elderly patients are being excluded from breakthroughs in diabetes science
We need more inclusivity in research, and technology geared towards older patients.
Large clinical research study finds that vitamin D does not prevent type 2 diabetes in adults
Participants given vitamin D supplements had similar risk of developing the disease as did participants taking a placebo
Meet Nobel Prize winner Rosalyn Sussman Yalow, who let doctors see into your blood
Her radioimmunoassay technique enabled scientists to measure hundreds of trace biological substances for the first time
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Meet Dorothy Hodgkin, the biochemist who pieced together penicillin, insulin, and vitamin B12
Her work helped save millions of lives from infection, diabetes, and anemia
Need to check your blood sugar? Just scan your contact lens.
Smart contact lenses could soon be monitoring health problems, not just correcting eyesight
What is genetic modification?
It's surprisingly difficult to pin down a conclusive definition
Your mom is right: you probably need more sleep
Burning the midnight oil is likely burning you out, more and more science suggests
Here's how to avoid outliving your own bones
Hit the gym and find the sunshine vitamin
Diabetes is a much stranger disease than I realized
We don't really know what causes diabetes, but it involves these misshapen proteins infecting each other
How fatal snail venom can be reimagined as a lifesaving diabetes treatment
This unique, weaponized form of insulin could produce a new class of fast-acting drugs for managing diabetes.