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 ...

Recent research suggests that type 2 diabetes may increase the risk for some cancers typically related to obesity. Image credit: Nata Segueza/Stocksy. For this study, researchers analyzed data from ...

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 ...

A recent study has found that 7 hours and 18 minutes may be the optimal amount of sleep you need each night to lower your ...

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Eli Lilly and Company has reported detailed findings from the ACHIEVE-3 Phase III trial comparing the efficacy and safety of ...

Type 2 diabetes is not an autoimmune condition, while type 1 diabetes is. Though new research suggests the immune system may ...

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 ...

Living with type 2 diabetes may double the risk of developing the potentially life-threatening condition sepsis. Men and those younger than 60 are particularly susceptible, according to a long-term ...

Sleeping for 7 hours and 18 minutes every night may be the sweet spot for warding off the risk of insulin resistance—the ...

A recent study has found that eating higher levels of red meat is associated with an increased risk of developing type 2 ...

People who have type 2 diabetes have an increased amount of sugar in their blood, also called blood glucose. Increased blood sugar happens when your body’s insulin doesn’t work as well as it should.