At risk for diabetes? Cut the carbs, study shows
Approximately 37 million Americans have diabetes, a condition that occurs when the body doesn't use insulin properly and can't regulate blood sugar levels.
Type 2...
Common diabetes drug may help reverse liver inflammation
The diabetes drug metformin — derived from a lilac plant that’s been used medicinally for more than a thousand years — has been prescribed...
Diabetes linked to higher death risk in infections
Diabetes is widely thought to increase an individual’s susceptibility to infection by reducing the effectiveness of the body’s immune response.
Consistent with this hypothesis, there...
Common diabetes drug can lead to more effective weight loss
SGLT2 inhibitors are a class of prescription medicines that are FDA-approved for use with diet and exercise to lower blood sugar in adults with type...
Diabetes may be overtreated in many older people
Diabetes is a chronic (long-lasting) disease that affects how your body turns food into energy. There are three main types of diabetes: type 1,...
Heart attack risk decreases 50% in people with diabetes in 15 years
People with type 2 diabetes are twice as likely to have a heart attack or die from heart disease compared to people without diabetes.
Management of...
Weekly injection could treat type 2 diabetes, new enzyme discovery suggests
A newly discovered protein produced by the liver, and which helps to control blood sugar levels, could potentially revolutionise treatment for type 2 diabetes.
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Widely used diabetes drug metformin may reduce cognitive decline
Metformin is a drug used to treat high blood sugar levels that are caused by a type of diabetes mellitus or sugar diabetes called type...
Brown fat in body could help prevent diabetes, even in obese people
Type 2 diabetes develops when the body does not make enough insulin or it does not respond to it effectively. Lack of physical activity,...
Lower BMI means lower diabetes risk, even in lean people
Body mass index (BMI) is an internationally recognized standard to classify the body weight of adults. Although BMI is not a perfect measure, it...