Solving one of the great mysteries of type 2 diabetes, a team of researchers found that triglycerides, a type of fat in the blood and liver, are produced in the liver independent of insulin action in the liver

Investigators found that the percentage of adults with triglyceride levels 150 mg/dL or above declined from 33.3% had high triglycerides in 2001-2004, and that went down to 30.9% Triglyceride levels declined in obese men and women (from 48.0% But, the percentage of black Americans with high triglyceride levels was consistently lower than for white Americans and Mexican-Americans. -- U.S.

AstraZeneca has announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Epanova (omega-3-carboxylic acids) as an adjunct to diet to reduce triglyceride levels in adults with severe hypertriglyceridaemia (triglyceride levels greater than or equal to 500 mg/dL

Researchers have shown for the first time the inhibition of both microRNA-33a and microRNA-33b with chemically modified anti-miR oligonucleotides markedly suppress triglyceride levels and cause a sustained increase in high density lipoprotein cholesterol "good" cholesterol MORE >>

Researchers now make the case that metabolic syndrome -- a cluster of three of more risk factors that include abdominal obesity, high triglycerides, high blood pressure, abnormal lipids, and insulin resistance, a precursor of type 2 diabetes -- is the new 'silent killer,' analogous to hypertension in the 1970s For decades, American waistlines have been expanding and there is increasing cause for alarm. MORE >>

Elevated plasma triglyceride level is considered a risk factor for type-2 diabetes, but new findings suggest that a genetically-elevated triglyceride level is associated with protection against type-2 diabetes. Yann Klimentidis, an Assistant Professor at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health at the University of Arizona, and colleagues found that triglyceride-increasing alleles are associated with decreased type-2 diabetes incidence MORE >>