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Statin therapy may be elevating risk of type 2 diabetes in high-risk adults.

Study compares effectiveness of oral GLP-1 medication over injection.

Determining which patients benefit most from lifestyle, metformin interventions may improve individualized care decisions.

By Sheri R. Colberg, PhD: Much of the research on length of life for individuals living with type 1 diabetes is pessimistic, which makes a new study released recently a breath of fresh air. Data were collected for the ongoing nationwide, multicenter, Finnish Diabetic Nephropathy (FinnDiane) Study that tracked the death rate of 2,639 study participants.

Study finds diabetes complications and mortality may be better predicted with elevated 1-hour blood glucose levels compared with 2-hour blood glucose levels.

Severe hypoglycemia in type 2 diabetes was found to be associated with increased cardiac failure and mortality.

Diastolic function begins to decline in early stages of type 2 diabetes.

Research presented at the American Heart Association provided new insight into  two large diabetes drug trials, CANVAS and EMPA-REG OUTCOME.

Diet may play a major role in magnesium and its association to type 2 diabetes.

Researchers found that the Alzheimer’s gene ApoE4 could be linked to type 3 diabetes. The Apolipoprotein E (APOE) gene is one of the strongest genetic risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease. Diabetes and impaired insulin signaling in the brain are linked to the development of Alzheimer’s disease. This study shows how …