Oral drug shows early promise for diabetic retinopathy in first patient study

An oral drug called danegaptide showed early biological activity in people with…

Gut bacterium helped obese mice lose visceral fat without eating less

A newly identified human gut bacterium produced a molecule that reduced visceral…

Less ultra-processed food and more activity linked to lower type 2 diabetes risk – even with high-risk genes

Researchers followed almost 57,000 UK Biobank participants for an average of 7.8…

Chronic inflammation linked to silent heart changes and 43% higher cardiovascular event risk

Researchers studied inflammatory markers and cardiovascular outcomes across nearly 488,000 UK Biobank…

Deep sleep and 6-8 hours a night linked to lower type 2 diabetes risk

Researchers analysed sleep patterns from wrist accelerometers worn by more than 95,000…

Gestational diabetes is rising fastest in disadvantaged groups, major study finds

Researchers analysed 938,798 pregnancies and found gestational diabetes prevalence rose from 1.5%…

Once-weekly insulin approved in the US as NICE appraisal continues in England

The US FDA has approved insulin efsitora, a basal insulin taken just…

Type 2 diabetes stands out in study of fatty liver cirrhosis before age 50

Around one quarter of people with MASLD cirrhosis in the study had…

New diabetes guidance says emotional distress should be checked alongside HbA1c

New EASD guidance recommends checking diabetes distress at least annually. It says…

Researchers find stem-like immune cells that may help type 1 diabetes persist

Researchers found an enrichment of stem-cell-memory-like CD8 T cells in pancreatic lymph…