Tag: diabetes
Having Diabetes
There are a few misconceptions of what it means to have diabetes. Diabetes can affect the young and old alike. ...
Metformin recalls continue as Bayshore pulls diabetes drug on carcinogen scare
After finding high levels of a probable carcinogen in samples of the common diabetes med metformin, the FDA has scrambled to get affected lots...
UnitedHealth creates its own digital health program for type 2 diabetes
As Livongo, Omada Health, and other well-established digital health programs continue to grow, another company is pushing into the crowded marketplace for diabetes management.
The...
Immune cells breakthrough could help to delay onset of type 1...
A potential breakthrough into delaying the onset of type 1 diabetes has been made by US researchers. A trial involving a subset...
Metformin as effective as gastric band surgery for improving glucose levels...
Metformin has similar benefits to having gastric band surgery in slowing the progression of prediabetes and type 2 diabetes, research suggests.The Beta...
Hospital care for people with diabetes needs to be improved, charity...
More than a quarter of a million diabetes inpatients in the UK experienced a medication error in hospital last year. Charity Diabetes...
Healthier brain linked to blood sugar control in type 1 diabetes
People with type 1 diabetes who maintain good blood glucose control could reduce their risk of developing dementia in the long term,...
Immune system discovery could help researchers further understand type 1 diabetes
A key discovery about the immune system could help scientists understand more about how type 1 diabetes develops. Because type 1 diabetes...
Type 2 diabetes could be predicted 20 years before diagnosis
It might be possible to detect whether someone is likely to develop type 2 diabetes up to 20 years before they are...
