New Guide Helps Doctors Manage Diabetes During Weight Loss Surgery
Weight loss surgery can help people with type 2 diabetes feel better and sometimes even stop needing diabetes medicine. But managing blood sugar during surgery …
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New Weight Loss Drugs Show Promise for People With Spinal Cord Injuries
People with spinal cord injuries struggle with weight gain and heart disease more than others, and regular dieting and exercise often don't work well for them. …
Read MoreCommon Diabetes Drug May Help Protect Lungs from Scarring
Researchers discovered that a high-sugar diet can damage lung tissue and cause scarring, similar to a serious lung disease called pulmonary fibrosis. In this …
Read MoreNew Diabetes Drug May Help Your Body Handle Salt Better
Researchers studied how a type of diabetes medication called SGLT2 inhibitors affects how our bodies handle salt. They compared 14 people taking this …
Read MoreWhy a Diabetes Drug Works Better Than Scientists Thought
Scientists discovered that a popular diabetes medication works in a surprising way. The drug, called a DPP-4 inhibitor, helps control blood sugar and weight, …
Read MoreNew Diabetes Drugs Work Differently in Your Body When You Eat Fatty Foods
Scientists tested two experimental drugs (pimozide and PSSI-51) that might help control blood sugar in people with type 2 diabetes. They gave these drugs to …
Read MoreNew Drug May Help Fatty Liver Disease by Changing How Body Uses Water
Scientists discovered that a diabetes medication called SGLT2 inhibitors might help treat fatty liver disease through an unexpected mechanism. When this drug …
Read MoreCommon Diabetes Drug May Change How Your Body Handles Metals
Researchers studied whether metformin, a popular diabetes medication, affects how much copper, iron, and zinc stay in your blood. They compared 93 people …
Read MoreNew Drug Combo May Cause Dangerous Calcium Spike
Doctors are warning about a possible dangerous interaction between two common medications: tirzepatide (a newer diabetes and weight loss drug) and …
Read MoreTwo Diabetes Drugs Together May Help Prevent Heart Disease
Researchers discovered that combining two medications—dapagliflozin and alirocumab—may work better together than alone to prevent heart disease by reducing …
Read MoreDiabetes Drug May Help Fight Kidney Cancer in New Study
Researchers tested whether a diabetes medication called canagliflozin could help prevent kidney cancer in laboratory rats. The drug is normally used to help …
Read MoreDoes Diabetes Medicine Lower Your B12 Levels?
Millions of people take metformin to manage type 2 diabetes, but researchers wanted to know if this common medicine affects vitamin B12 levels. Scientists …
Read MoreNew Drug May Help Obese People Recover Better From Muscle Injuries
Researchers discovered that a diabetes medication called tofogliflozin might help people with obesity heal muscle injuries faster and better. In studies with …
Read MoreNew Drug Combo May Stop Water Bloating from Diabetes Medicine
Researchers discovered that a popular diabetes medication called thiazolidinediones helps control blood sugar but causes uncomfortable water retention and …
Read MoreCommon Diabetes and Infection Drugs May Cause Dangerous Acid Buildup
A 70-year-old woman came to the hospital with severe stomach pain and dangerously high acid levels in her blood. Doctors initially thought she had a serious …
Read MoreNew Drug Shows Promise for Heart and Metabolic Disease
Researchers discovered that a common diabetes drug called Sitagliptin may help prevent heart and metabolic disease by reducing harmful fat-like substances …
Read MoreTwo Diabetes Drugs Together Help Hearts Work Better
Researchers tested whether two diabetes medications work better together to improve heart health in mice that ate a high-fat diet. They found that combining …
Read MoreNew Weight Loss Drug Tirzepatide Helps People Lose 16% of Body Weight
A major review of 9 studies involving over 7,000 adults found that tirzepatide, a weekly injection, helped people lose about 16% of their body weight over …
Read MoreDiabetes Drug May Help Fight Cancer Spread in Overweight Patients
Scientists tested whether GLP-1 drugs (like Ozempic and Wegovy) could help fight cancer spread in overweight mice. They found that these diabetes medications …
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