diabetes

Online platforms are overflowing with testimonials for GLP-1s. The drugs show promise for inducing weight loss, but many aren’t FDA-approved for that use.

Drugmakers long ceased to be the only villain of the insulin price scandal. While Lilly is cutting the list price and others may follow, will other "parties" (i.e. pharmacy benefit managers) cause the cost to increase before it hits the pharmacy counter?

Young Black adults, Mexican Americans and other Hispanic adults experienced the greatest cardiovascular risk factors, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

The moves announced Wednesday promise critical relief to some people with diabetes who can face annual costs of more than $1,000 for insulin they need in order to live.

Twitter has been a hotbed for the insulin access movement and activism surrounding other medical conditions - helping propel concern about the prices into policy. Can it continue to win with hashtags?

At first glance, it may be hard to recognize the links between climate change and diabetes but they’ve been traced in a number of studies, according to health experts.

About half of adults 65 and older have above-normal blood sugar levels that put them in the prediabetes category. Although that is a signal to improve your eating habits and get more exercise, researchers say only a small percentage of the group will develop diabetes.

A diabetes diagnosis is not always related to a person’s weight or overall health, especially for those with Type 1 diabetes, who are dependent on insulin treatment for life.

The researchers are looking at how a variety of external risk factors, like diet, stress and exposure to pollution or viruses, can help cause Type 1 diabetes.

Distance learning, stress eating junk food and a lack of exercise have led to increases in Type 2 diabetes in children during the COVID-19 pandemic, a doctor says.

Diabetes patients run a higher risk of death from coronavirus infections.

Researchers at the University of South Florida found that one month after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, diabetic seniors living in areas that were impacted…