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Low Potassium, Higher Diabetes Risk? A Surprising Clue From Heart Failure Research

Low potassium and diabetes risk illustrated with a glucose meter, potassium-rich foods, heart model, and pancreas.

Low potassium is usually viewed through a cardiovascular lens, especially in patients with heart failure. However, emerging evidence suggests clinicians may have another reason to pay attention. New research examining the relationship between hypokalemia and diabetes risk found that lower serum potassium levels were associated with a greater risk of …

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After Gestational Diabetes, Could Your Neighborhood Shape Your Future Type 2 Risk?

Mother walking with her baby in a walkable neighborhood, illustrating gestational diabetes prevention and future Type 2 diabetes risk.

Diabetes prevention remains important long after a pregnancy affected by gestational diabetes. For people who have had gestational diabetes, the years after delivery are an important window for lowering the risk of Type 2 diabetes. Yet healthy choices do not happen in a vacuum. Where someone lives may affect whether …

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Can Weight Loss Delay Type 1 Diabetes? What the Pre-Symptomatic Data Really Show

Healthy food, exercise shoes, glucose meter, scale, and pancreas illustration representing weight and type 1 diabetes prevention research.

Efforts to prevent or delay type 1 diabetes have traditionally focused on the autoimmune attack that destroys insulin-producing beta cells. However, emerging research suggests metabolic stress may also influence how quickly vulnerable people progress to clinical disease. A 2026 TrialNet analysis found that autoantibody-positive people with overweight or obesity who …

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Could Too Much Protein Be Affecting Insulin? Scientists Take a Closer Look

Protein-rich foods alongside a glucose meter and molecular model illustrating how branched-chain amino acid metabolism may influence insulin secretion and diabetes risk.

New research is changing the conversation around protein and metabolic health. For years, high-protein diets have been praised for supporting weight loss, preserving muscle, and improving blood sugar control. However, scientists are now discovering that the story may be more complex. Rather than blaming protein itself, researchers are focusing on …

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