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Why common diabetes drug may help lower death risk

Delirium is a serious health problem that causes confusion and makes people unaware of what’s happening around them. It usually happens quickly and can be...

This treatment could help people with type 2 diabetes stop using insulin

Diabetes is a big and growing problem around the world. In the United States alone, more than 37 million people have diabetes, and most...

Intensive blood pressure treatment may protect women with type 2 diabetes

A new study from Cedars-Sinai’s Smidt Heart Institute has found that women with type 2 diabetes who were diagnosed with high blood pressure before...

Diabetes drug metformin may help relieve knee arthritis pain

A widely used diabetes drug may soon play a surprising new role: easing the pain of knee osteoarthritis in people who are overweight or...

Drug combo could control type 2 diabetes for over 2 years

A new study from Thomas Jefferson University has found that a combination of two diabetes medications, dapagliflozin and exenatide, continues to help control blood...

Both lifestyle and metformin can control type 2 diabetes well

A major U.S. health study has confirmed that lifestyle changes and the medication metformin can help prevent type 2 diabetes over the long term....

Research shows a big cause of diabetes in older people

Scientists from Tokyo Metropolitan University have made an important discovery about how aging might lead to diabetes, especially in older adults. Their research focused...

A surprising new use for an old diabetes drug

Metformin is a well-known medicine that has been used to treat diabetes for more than 50 years. But now, researchers from the University of...

This drug may improve muscle health in people with type 2 diabetes

A new analysis from the SURPASS-3 trial has shed light on how the diabetes and weight-loss drug tirzepatide affects muscles in people with type...

Vitamin D deficiency linked to nerve damage in people with diabetes

A new study from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has found a strong link between low vitamin D levels and a serious nerve problem...