This diabetes drug lowers heart disease risk in people with kidney problems
Scientists found that SGLT-2 inhibitors decreased heart disease risk in people with chronic kidney disease.
Scientists warn about widely used diabetes drug metformin
Metformin lowers your blood sugar levels by improving the way your body handles insulin. It's usually prescribed for diabetes.
It has been used in clinical settings...
New drug reduces triglyceride by 25%, but cannot lower heart disease risk in type...
Triglycerides are fatty substances in the blood.
High triglyceride levels can increase the risk of heart disease, especially in conjunction with too much "bad" cholesterol,...
How and when to eat meals if you have diabetes
Some people with diabetes need to eat at about the same time each day. Others can be more flexible with the timing of their meals.
Diabetes linked to heart valve disease, study finds
People with diabetes display an increased risk of disease in left-sided heart valves compared to controls without diabetes.
Ginger may help control blood sugar in type 2 diabetes
Ancient medical practitioners used to encourage dietary supplements and herbal medicine for the treatment of type 2 diabetes.
In a study from Youjiang Medical University...
Common drug for inflammation may increase diabetes risk very fast
Glucocorticoids (GCs) are one of the most commonly prescribed anti-inflammatories for conditions such as arthritis, asthma, allergies, and adrenal insufficiency.
In a study from the...
Diabetes drugs may benefit all people with heart failure
There are more than 64 million people worldwide affected by heart failure, half of whom have mildly reduced or preserved ejection fraction.
In a study from Brigham...
Common diabetes drug can slow kidney function decline, study finds
In a study from University Medical Center Groningen, scientists found that dapagliflozin— a sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitor prescribed to treat diabetes—reduces the rate of...
This insulin drug may benefit people with type 2 diabetes, study finds
In a study from the University at Buffalo, scientists found that an insulin-sensitizing drug can benefit patients with insulin resistance at lower doses than...