Ozempic is now available in pill form for people with type 2 diabetes. Novo Nordisk says the oral GLP-1's new lower-dose ...

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 ...

Type 2 diabetes is the most common kind of diabetes. Lifestyle factors such as diet and exercise, genetics, and some medications can cause you to develop the condition. It’s sometimes called ...

Isabel Casimiro, MD, PhD, is an endocrinologist at the University of Chicago in Illinois. As a physician-scientist in molecular biology, she uses her research on diabetes, lipid disorders, ...

More than half a billion people worldwide are living with diabetes, the vast majority with type 2 diabetes (T2D), a chronic ...

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 ...

Managing type 2 diabetes for years can take a toll on your mental health. Learn about the link between stress, A1C, and ...

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 ...

Living with type 2 diabetes can be stressful and exhausting. There’s so much to keep up with to manage your blood sugar (glucose) and overall health. “People may feel overwhelmed by monitoring glucose ...

Diabetes affects 37 million people in the U.S. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates another 96 million people – or 1 in 3 adults – have prediabetes, a condition where blood sugar ...

Indigenous populations have faced a significantly higher prevalence of Type 2 diabetes than global averages in every decade ...