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CDC: 26.4 percent of U.S. adults with diabetes meet ABCS goals
(HealthDay)—About one in four U.S. adults (26.4 percent) with diabetes meet the combined goals for preventing or delaying complications of
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Diabetes sufferers have double risk of severe illness or death from Covid-19
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Diabetes drug boosts survival in patients with type 2 diabetes and COVID-19 pneumonia
Sitagliptin, a drug to lower blood sugar in type 2 diabetes, also improves survival in diabetic patients hospitalized with COVID-19,
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HIV drugs could prevent diabetes, study suggests
A group of drugs used to treat HIV and hepatitis B could be repurposed to prevent type 2 diabetes, a
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Welcome news for pregnant women with type 2 diabetes
A world-first, international study of a common treatment for women with Type 2 diabetes, has found that the drug may
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More than one drink a day may raise high blood pressure risk in adults with type 2 diabetes
Drinking eight or more alcoholic beverages a week may increase the risk of high blood pressure (also called hypertension) among
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Artificial pancreas effectively controls type 1 diabetes in children age 6 and up
A clinical trial at four pediatric diabetes centers in the United States has found that a new artificial pancreas system—which
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Recent diabetes and weight loss tied to pancreatic cancer risk
(HealthDay)—Recent-onset diabetes accompanied by weight loss is associated with a substantially increased risk for developing pancreatic cancer, according to a
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Smartphones may help detect diabetes
Researchers at UC San Francisco have developed a ‘digital biomarker’ that would use a smartphone’s built-in camera to detect Type
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