These two drugs can reduce blood sugar most effectively, study finds
Diabetes is a chronic (long-lasting) health condition that affects how your body turns food into energy.
With type 2 diabetes, your body doesn’t use insulin well and...
Common food additive in processed meat is linked to type 2 diabetes
Nitrites and nitrates occur naturally in water and soil and are commonly ingested from drinking water and dietary sources. They are also used as...
Older class of type 2 diabetes drugs may lower dementia risk by 22%
Scientists found the use of an older class of type 2 diabetes drugs called glitazones is linked to a 22% reduced risk of dementia.
This diabetes drug can help protect against Alzheimer’s disease
In a study from Karolinska Institutet, scientists found mechanisms associated with a particular diabetes drug can also help to protect against Alzheimer's disease.
The findings...
Scientists develop new artificial pancreas for people with type 2 diabetes
Type 2 diabetes causes levels of glucose—blood sugar—to become too high. Ordinarily, blood sugar levels are controlled by the release of insulin, but in type 2...
Widely used diabetes drug may cause dangerous infection
Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors are a new type of drug used to treat diabetes.
A recent study from FDA showed that the drugs could lead...
People with heart failure may get benefit from type 2 diabetes drugs
There are more than 64 million people worldwide affected by heart failure, half of whom have mildly reduced or preserved ejection fraction.
A recent study from Brigham...
Old mental drugs may help treat type 2 diabetes
In a study from the University of Alberta, scientists found that a class of older antipsychotic drugs could be a promising new therapeutic option...
Why overweight and obese people have much higher risk of type 2 diabetes
People who are overweight or obese have a significantly increased risk of developing diabetes, but exactly how that happens is not well understood.
In a...
Drinking more coffee may protect liver health in people with type 2 diabetes
In a study from the University of Coimbra, scientists found that caffeine, polyphenols, and other natural products found in coffee may help reduce the...