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Metformin can bring on vitamin B12 deficiency by lowering vitamin B12 absorption in the gastrointestinal tract.

The most common treatment for T2D has been the metformin-sulfonylurea combo; how do SGLT-2 inhibitors compare in all-cause mortality risk?

Researchers compare the cardiovascular effectiveness and safety of GLP-1 agonists and SGLT-2 inhibitors in older adults.

Alternative carbohydrate sources with lower glycemic indices like millets may have benefits for patients with diabetes or prediabetes.

Different types of maternal diabetes and obesity can have many effects on the offspring, including increasing risk for certain psychiatric disorders.

Prediabetes has been linked as a risk factor to developing type 2 diabetes over the years, but limited data is available in older adults.

By Sheri Colberg, PhD
Glucagon is such an important hormone when it comes to blood glucose management in everyone—and it both impacts and is impacted by type 1 diabetes (T1D). A recent mini-review in Physiological Reports focused on altered glucagon responses brought up some interesting points that are worth discussing further.

Cardiovascular and renal disease burdens also occur in type 1 diabetes.

When metformin therapy fails in youth, alternatives are limited to human insulin and liraglutide.

Patients who have obesity but don't have diabetes may now reap the benefits of using a GLP-1 receptor agonist.