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New drug weekly as safe and efficacious as insulin daily — NRI diabetes trial
A new once-weekly basal insulin injection demonstrated similar efficacy and safety and a lower rate of low blood sugar episodes compared with a daily...
Maintenance semaglutide injections led to continued weight loss — STEP 4
Sticking with weekly semaglutide injections resulted in continued weight loss for adults with overweight and obesity, according to the Semaglutide Treatment Effect in People...
STEP 2 trial: Semaglutide hope for patients with type 2 diabetes
Type 2 diabetes patients treated with the new drug Semaglutide achieved an average weight loss of nearly 10kg and a significant improvement in blood...
Obesity contributes to up to half of new diabetes cases annually in the US
Reducing the prevalence of obesity may prevent up to half of new type 2 diabetes cases in the US, according to data from used...
Metabolic surgery versus conventional therapy for type 2 diabetes — 10-year trial
A 10-year UK-Italian randomised clinical trial, published in The Lancet, showed that metabolic surgery is more effective than medications and lifestyle interventions in the...
Study contradicts earlier findings on saccharin-for-sugar substitution and diabetes
For those trying to live a healthy lifestyle, the choice between sugar and artificial sweeteners such as saccharin can be confusing. A new study...
Novel weekly dose of insulin as effective as daily for type 2 diabetes
A phase 2 trial reported in the New England Journal of Medicine found that a once-a-week insulin injection called icodec led to a...
A few kilograms' weight loss nearly halves the risk of diabetes — large UK clinical trial
Losing a few kilograms in weight almost halves people’s risk of developing Type 2 diabetes – according to a large scale research study led...
Additive effects of green tea and coffee on mortality risk in type 2 diabetes patients
Green tea and coffee consumption is linked to a lower risk of dying from any cause among people with type 2 diabetes, suggests a...
Pre-bariatric surgery diet, not bypass, explains metabolic effect
A Swedish study of individuals who underwent a six-week low-calorie diet followed by a bariatric operation found that improvements in several health markers were an...
Cinnamon may improve blood sugar control in pre-diabetics — Clinical trial
In individuals with prediabetes, 12 weeks of cinnamon supplementation improved blood sugar control, found a small, randomised international clinical trial.
The study, by researchers at...
Obesity increases type 2 diabetes risk six-fold, regardless of genetics
Obesity increases the risk of developing type 2 diabetes by at least 6 times, regardless of genetic predisposition to the disease, concludes research. The...
Evaluating grip strength as a screening tool to identify risk of early diabetes
Muscular weakness is known to be associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in otherwise seemingly healthy adults, however previous research had not found...
Fat mass index, not BMI, associated with CVD events in people with diabetes
In people with diabetes, fat mass index, not body mass index (BMI), is associated with a higher risk of cardiovascular events, according to data...
Wearable sensor provides minimally invasive glucose monitoring
Abbott has developed wearable sensor, used in conjunction with a smartphone, to to get a real-time glucose measurement, as well as trends, simply...
For patients with diabetes, ticagrelor reduced heart attacks, strokes
In late-breaking clinical trial results presented in a Hot Line Session at the European Society of Cardiology Congress 2019, investigators from Brigham and Women's...
Omega-3 fats have little or no effect on type 2 diabetes — meta-analysis
Type 2 diabetes is a leading cause of illness and death, with annual costs estimated at over $800bn worldwide. The rise in type 2...
Study contradicts belief that glucose drives inflammation in type-2 diabetes
To date, the underlying causes of inflammation in obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) have been poorly understood, which has hampered efforts to...
Reduced carbs help type 2 diabetics regulate blood sugar levels
Patients with type 2 diabetes improve their ability to regulate blood sugar levels if they eat food with a reduced carbohydrate content and an...
Undetected diabetes link to heart attack risk and periodontitis
People with undetected glucose disorders run a higher risk of both myocardial infarction and periodontitis, according to a study by researchers at Karolinska Institutet...
In milestone trial, experimental drug markedly delays type 1 diabetes
Marking the culmination of a 33-year odyssey, scientists report a milestone in type 1 diabetes: the first time the disease has been markedly delayed...
A1c test 'highly unreliable' at diagnosing diabetes
The haemoglobin A1c blood test is 'highly unreliable' at diagnosing diabetes and tends to underestimate the prevalence of the disease, according to a study...
Losing weight helps decrease the incidence of migraines
For migraine sufferers with obesity, losing weight can decrease headaches and improve quality of life, researchers from Italy and the US report. The results...
Eating later could contribute to weight gain
Eating later in the day may contribute to weight gain, according to a study presented at ENDO 2019, the Endocrine Society's annual meeting in...
Pre-diabetes: A boon for pharma but is it good medicine?
Labelling people as having pre-diabetes could do more harm than good, experts have said, as research reveals that even some of those involved in...
New screening method to detect future type-1 diabetes risk
A new way of screening babies and adults for future risk of type 1 diabetes will be much more effective at identifying the condition...
Sweetened drinks pose greater diabetes risk than other sugary foods
Sweetened drinks pose a greater risk of type 2 diabetes than most other foods containing fructose, a naturally occurring sugar, finds an evidence review....
Marijuana may double mortality risk in people with type 1 diabetes
People with type 1 diabetes who use marijuana may double their risk of developing a life-threatening complication, found a University of Colorado study. Called...
Milk at breakfast lowers blood glucose through the day
Milk consumed with a high-carbohydrate breakfast reduced blood glucose even after lunch and the effect was increased by high-protein milk, found randomised, controlled, double-blinded study...
Early type 1 diabetes shortens women's lives by 18 years
Women who developed type 1 diabetes before the age of 10 years die an average of nearly 18 years earlier than women who do...
Verapamil safe and effective for recent-onset type 1 diabetes
Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Comprehensive Diabetes Centre have discovered a safe and effective novel therapy to reduce insulin requirements and...
Confirmation that BCG vaccine reverses advanced type 1 diabetes
Long-term follow-up of participants in clinical trials of a generic vaccine to reverse advanced type 1 diabetes finds significant clinical benefits, including restoration of...
Self-monitoring of type 2 diabetes cuts follow-up costs by more than half
Self-monitoring of type 2 diabetes used in combination with an electronic feedback system results in considerable savings on health care costs especially in sparsely...
Single blood test accurately diagnoses diabetes
A combination of elevated fasting glucose and HbA1c levels from a single blood sample was found to be accurate for diagnosing diabetes. This is...
Artificial pancreas better controls blood sugar levels
Use of an artificial pancreas is associated with better control of blood sugar levels for people with type 1 diabetes compared with standard treatment,...
Non-invasive, adhesive patch measures glucose levels through skin
Scientists in the United Kingdom have created a non-invasive, adhesive patch that promises the measurement of glucose levels through the skin without a finger-prick...
High-energy breakfast has a positive effect on diabetics
In patients with obesity and type 2 diabetes, a meal schedule that includes a high-energy breakfast promotes weight loss, improves diabetes and decreases the...
Endocrine Society: Both low-carb and low-fat diets work
Whether you pick low-carb, low fat or another diet plan, scientific research indicates each can help some people achieve modest long-term weight loss with...
Paradigm shift in the diagnosis of diabetes
A completely new classification of diabetes that also predicts the risk of serious complications and provides treatment suggestions, are the first results of the...
Evidence for changing the way type 2 diabetes is treated
A Virta Health study shows that its novel metabolic and continuous remote care model can support adults with type-2 diabetes to safely improve glycosylated...