Diabetes News & Features

Metformin doesn't seem to be particularly helpful for shedding pounds in the first place, though.

Pre-owned test strips or test strips not authorized for sale in the United States may be sold online through Amazon, eBay and Craigslist, or directly from the seller, according to the FDA.

Those who took Invokana had a 30% lower risk of developing kidney failure, a 30% lower risk of dying from kidney failure or heart disease, the researchers reported.

During Wednesday’s House subcommittee hearing on insulin price hikes, drug makers and benefits managers pointed fingers at each other for the last decade’s 300% price increase, frustrating congressional representatives.

The average price of insulin rose from about $234 a month in 2012 to about $450 a month in 2016, according to the Health Cost Institute.

People who've had diabetes for a long time are at risk of developing hypoglycemia unawareness: They no longer feel the uncomfortable warning symptoms of low blood sugar.

There are three types of blood tests that can be used to look for diabetes -- the A1C, a fasting blood test or a random blood test, according to the U.S. National Institute for Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.

Drug Maker To Sell Cheaper Version of Insulin March 4, 2019 -- A cheaper version of Eli Lilly's most popular insulin drug, Humalog, is being introduced by the drug maker.The "authorized generic" of Humalog 100 will sell for $137.35 per vial, 50 percent lower than the list price for Humalog. An authorized generic is identical to the brand-name drug and made in the same facilities, but just has a different label, The New York Times reported Monday.The new product will be called Insulin Lispro and will become available as soon as possible, according to the company.The move

Eating five or more weekly servings of nuts also appears to lower the risk of premature death from heart disease or any other cause by about one-third for people with type 2 diabetes.

The surgery isn't necessarily a cure for type 2 diabetes. Some people who go into remission and appear to no longer have the disease can relapse and start having symptoms again.

A new British study confirms that dogs can detect dangerous variations in a person's blood sugar.

The annual amount that people with type 1 diabetes spent on the drug rose from about $2,900 in 2012 to about $5,700 in 2016, according to a new analysis from the nonprofit Health Care Cost Institute (HCCI).

Over the three years of tracking the time between their last meal and sleep, there was no significant change in study participants' HbA1c levels -- a long-term measure of average blood glucose that is considered a reliable indicator of future health risks.

An A1C level above 8 percent was linked to a greater risk of a specific type of fracture in people with type 1 diabetes, but not in those with type 2, according to a new study.

Researchers found that the compound -- dubbed TTP399 for now -- improved patients' blood sugar control when it was added to the standard medication metformin for six months.

About 37 percent of all hospitalization days in a new study’s under-40 group were due to mental illness, the researchers noted. Mood and psychotic disorders were the most common conditions.

Diet Soda Linked to Risk for Diabetic Blindness Jan. 8, 2019 -- Drinking diet soda may raise the risk for a severe type of diabetic eye disease that can lead to blindness, a new study says.The study, published in Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology, is the first to evaluate the link between soft drinks and what’s called proliferative diabetic retinopathy."In our clinical sample of people with diabetes, consuming more than four cans, or 1.5 liters, of diet soft drinks per week was associated with a twofold increased risk of having proliferative diabetic retinopathy," first author Eva Fenwick, PhD,

Canagliflozin (Invokana, Invokamet) is in a class of medications called SGLT-2 inhibitors. These drugs cause the kidneys to remove excess sugar from the blood and excrete it through urine, which lowers blood sugar levels. This class of drugs has been linked to a number of complications, including kidney injury and serious genital infections.

The study of more than 3,000 black men and women in Mississippi found that those who consumed the most soda, sweetened fruit drinks and water had a 61 percent increased risk of developing chronic kidney disease.

Sulfonylureas were associated with 36 percent higher odds of complications, while basal insulin was associated with nearly twice the risk of heart disease and stroke complications, investigators found.

Marshall came from Hollywood royalty -- she was the sister of the late writer-producer-director Garry Marshall and first wife to actor-director Rob Reiner of "All in the Family" fame.

Researchers have found that people with diabetes had lower scores on verbal memory and verbal fluency tests.

New research shows that up to 22 percent of people with diabetes who fasted for lab tests had a low blood sugar episode (hypoglycemia) while waiting for the test.

There were no differences in results among kidney donors or recipients related to the donors' use of marijuana, according to a new study in the Clinical Kidney Journal.

People on sodium-glucose cotransporter2 (SGLT2) inhibitors were twice as likely to require a lower limb amputation as people taking another type of diabetes medication, Scandinavian researchers have found.