Intermittent fasting helps three men with type 2 diabetes come off insulin
Three men with type 2 diabetes reversed their dependence on insulin after undergoing intermittent fasting, a Canadian study reports. Intermittent fasting has shown to be…
Medications & Treatments
Metformin as effective as gastric band surgery for improving glucose levels in type 2 diabetes
Metformin has similar benefits to having gastric band surgery in slowing the progression of prediabetes and type 2 diabetes, research suggests. The Beta Cell Restoration…
Testosterone therapy could help control type 2 diabetes in men
Long-term testosterone therapy could help men with type 2 diabetes and low testosterone levels lose weight and even put type 2 diabetes into remission, research…
Type 1 diabetes vaccine being harnessed from celiac disease research
Scientists are working on developing a vaccine for type 1 diabetes based on the findings of a project to prevent celiac disease. The JDRF's T1D…
3 million pound donation could accelerate research to find a type 1 diabetes cure
A businessman and philanthropist has made the largest ever UK donation to JDRF after his stepson was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. Steve Morgan CBE,…
Choosing Over-the-Counter Meds
Go into just about any drugstore and you’ll find row after row of all kinds of medicines. It can be confusing for anyone, but perhaps…
FDA Approves Toujeo Max SoloStar Insulin Pen
(Image courtesy of Sanofi) The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a new insulin pen, which, according to the manufacturer, will be the highest-capacity…
Novo Nordisk stockpiling 16 weeks of insulin reserves in case of no-deal Brexit
The biggest insulin supplier in the UK is stockpiling four months' worth of insulin in the event of a no-deal Brexit. Novo Nordisk, based in…
Islet therapy transformed my life, says woman with type 1 diabetes
A woman with type 1 diabetes has spoken about how innovative transplant therapy has turned her life around. Kathryn Hand, from Kirkcaldy, received islet cell…
Seaweed protects transplanted beta cells in new study
Properties of seaweed helped protect insulin-producing cells transplanted in animals with type 1 diabetes, according to an international study. Alginate, refined from brown seaweed, was…