Scanning the lens of the eye could predict type 2 diabetes and prediabetes
In a recent study from the University of Exeter, researchers found that specialist analysis of the lens in the eye can predict patients with...
Eating this food linked to better waist size, blood pressure, blood sugar
In a new study from Tufts University, researchers found middle- to older-aged adults who ate at least three servings of whole grains daily had...
Zinc may be key to better diabetes treatments
Diabetes is a major risk factor for heart and circulatory diseases. Around 300,000 adults have been diagnosed with diabetes in Scotland and it is...
New method can predict diabetes risk by measuring fat around the heart
In a new study from the Queen Mary University of London, researchers have developed a new artificial intelligence (AI) tool that is able to...
This surgery can ‘cure’ type 2 diabetes
In a recent study published in The Lancet, researchers found that metabolic surgery is more effective than medications and lifestyle interventions in the long-term...
Early blood-sugar levels in type 2 diabetes crucial for future death risk
In a new study from the Universities of Gothenburg and Oxford, researchers suggest people who get type 2 diabetes need to gain control of...
Scientists find the cause of largest increase in type 2 diabetes risk
In a new study from the University of Cambridge, researchers found rare genetic variants—carried by one in 3,000 people—that have a larger impact on...
Poorly managed diabetes increases risk of more severe COVID
In a new study from the University of Texas, researchers found that hospitalized patients with diabetes who hadn't been taking their medication had more...
Scientists find a promising new way to treat type 2 diabetes
Today, Type 2 diabetes is 24 times more prevalent than Type 1. The rise in rates of obesity and incidence of Type 2 diabetes...
This eating habit may reduce diabetes-related high blood pressure
In a new study from the University of Kentucky, researchers found that time-restricted eating may be able to help people with Type 2 diabetes...