Type 2 Diabetes

According to a new study, people with diabetes have a slightly shorter life expectancy than people without diabetes, and many of those years will be marred by disability.

First-time data for the investigational oral formulation of Novo Nordisk's semaglutide were presented at the annual meeting of the Endocrine Society. Billed as one of the company’s brightest pipeline prospects, it has sailed through a phase II trial.

Male, 66 years of age, type 2 diabetes, class III obesity, peripheral neuropathy, multiple toe amputations, hypertension, hyperlipidemia and, most importantly, a 2-year-old granddaughter. Patient taking 100 units long-acting insulin, sulfonylurea, metformin, beta blocker, and statin. Checks glucose once in a while; in the 200 to 270 range when checks. A1C 9.3%.

In this week's Homerun Slides, explaining the beta-centric classification of diabetes mellitus.

While the risk remains low overall, a new large study showed a greater risk for pioglitazone than other diabetes drugs.

Why smokers have an increased risk of type 2.

Study finds hypothyroidism tied to type 2 diabetes.

Fingerprint analysis may offer the possibility to assess diabetes risk through a non-invasive, inexpensive and simple test.

Adiponectin level is a powerful risk marker of incident prediabetes in healthy white and black adults with a parental history of type 2 diabetes, study findings showed.

Adults with prediabetes assigned aloe vera supplements saw improvement in fasting plasma glucose, type 2 patients saw improvement in HbA1c.