Eli Lilly’s late-stage study of the efficacy and safety of a treatment for type 2 diabetes has produced positive results.

Jardiance (empagliflozin) is a medicine for type 2 diabetes approved by the FDA in 2014. It is approved to help lower blood sugar levels in adults and children with type 2 diabetes and to lower the ...

Metformin is particularly effective for people with diabetes or prediabetes who have obesity and have difficulty managing their blood sugar through lifestyle changes alone. Metformin is a widely used ...

Learn why GLP-1 use isn’t included in how experts define type 2 diabetes remission despite the drugs’ ability to help manage blood sugar and reduce a person’s A1C.

The approval of medicines called “glucagon-like peptide (GLP-1) agonists” has led to major changes in how type 2 diabetes is managed. These medicines work in a different way than other medicines used ...

More than 38 million Americans have diabetes and of them, up to 95% have type 2 diabetes, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). While the condition usually develops in ...

When diabetes causes CKD, it’s sometimes called diabetic kidney disease. Elevated blood sugar levels that result from diabetes can damage the tiny blood vessels inside your kidneys. As a result, your ...

A new algorithm designed to consider all forms of diabetes when diagnosing patients is among the additions in the American ...

Approximately 38.4 million Americans had been diagnosed with diabetes as of 2021 — but about three times that many are in danger of developing the disease, even if they don’t know it. Nearly 98 ...

People with type 2 diabetes usually have a higher risk of pancreatic cancer compared with people without type 2 diabetes. But that risk may depend on how long you’ve had type 2 diabetes. People who ...

Type 2 diabetes is a chronic health condition that happens when your body stops using insulin properly and sugar builds up in your blood. Insulin, a hormone, helps move sugar (also known as glucose) ...