Category: DIABETES

Expanding access to weight-loss drugs could save thousands of lives a year

Expanding access to new, highly effective weight-loss medications could prevent more than 40,000 deaths a year in the United States, according to a new study led by researchers at Yale

Study finds tuberculosis changes liver metabolism and could promote diabetes

Mycobacterium tuberculosis alters the immunometabolic landscape of the liver. Credit: PLOS Pathogens (2024). DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1012565 Scientists from the University of Leicester have discovered that tuberculosis disrupts glucose metabolism in the

Scan based on lizard saliva detects rare tumor

A new PET scan reliably detects benign tumors in the pancreas, according to research led by Radboud university medical center. Current scans often fail to detect these insulinomas, even though

Ultra-processed foods pose unique dangers for people with type 2 diabetes

Consuming more ultra-processed foods — from diet sodas to packaged crackers to certain cereals and yogurts — is closely linked with higher blood sugar levels in people with Type 2

How muscle energy production is impaired in type 2 diabetes

A new study from Karolinska Institutet, published in Science Translational Medicine, shows that people with type 2 diabetes have lower levels of the protein that breaks down and converts creatine