Evidence on higher rates of diabetes unclear in trans people, but data on higher rates of heart disease are clear

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The latest data on the metabolic problems faced by trans people are presented at a session at this year’s Annual Meeting of the European Association for…

Study suggests threshold for type 2 diabetes diagnosis in women under 50 years should be lowered

Credit: CC0 Public Domain New research presented at the Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) in Hamburg, Germany (2–6 October) and published in the…

Tirzepatide more effective in blood sugar control and body weight loss than semaglutide, shows meta-analysis

Credit: CC0 Public Domain A new meta-analysis combining 22 studies, to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) in Hamburg, Germany…

Newer diabetes treatments are understudied in Black populations and may be less beneficial

Credit: CC0 Public Domain New research analyzing the effects of two drugs used to treat type 2 diabetes indicates a consistent lack of cardiovascular and renal benefits in Black populations.…

Islet transplantation boosts long-term survival in kidney transplant recipients with type 1 diabetes

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Islet transplantation significantly reduces the risk of transplantation failure and enhances life expectancy in individuals with type 1 diabetes who undergo kidney transplantation, a new study…

Verapamil can preserve beta cell function in Type 1 diabetes

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain In 2012, University of Alabama at Birmingham researcher Anath Shalev, M.D., reported that a decades-old blood pressure medication called verapamil completely reversed diabetes in animal models.…

Drinking kombucha may reduce blood sugar levels in people with type 2 diabetes, pilot trial suggests

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain People with type 2 diabetes who drank the fermented tea drink kombucha for four weeks had lower fasting blood glucose levels compared to when they consumed…

Global diabetes cases on pace to soar to 1.3 billion people in the next 3 decades, new study finds

The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea The number of people living with diabetes worldwide is on pace to more than double in…

Loneliness linked with elevated risk of cardiovascular disease in patients with diabetes

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Loneliness is a bigger risk factor for heart disease in patients with diabetes than diet, exercise, smoking and depression, according to research published June 29 in…

BMI alone will no longer be treated as the go-to measure for weight management – an obesity medicine physician explains the seismic shift taking place

Amid the buzz around weight loss drugs and rising rates of obesity worldwide, many health care professionals are questioning one of the key measures that has long been used to…