• 4 microbes may lead to new type 2 diabetes probiotics

    4 microbes may lead to new type 2 diabetes probiotics

    A new study suggests that maintaining gut health to avoid diabetes may be little simpler than previously believed.
  • The social determinants of health, explained

    The social determinants of health, explained

    Want to tell someone's future in the US? You don't need a crystal ball, just their zip code.
  • Actor Wilford Brimley, known for ‘Cocoon’ and diabetes ads, dead at 85

    Actor Wilford Brimley, known for ‘Cocoon’ and diabetes ads, dead at 85

    Actor Wilford Brimley, known for his role in TV ads promoting diabetes awareness, died in a Utah hospital Saturday morning. He was 85. “Wilford Brimley was a man you could trust. He said what he meant and he meant what he said. I’m sad that I will no longer get to hear my friend’s wonderful …
  • FDA asks drugmakers to recall several diabetes drugs over contaminants

    FDA asks drugmakers to recall several diabetes drugs over contaminants

    US health regulators are telling five drugmakers to recall their versions of a widely used diabetes medication after laboratory tests found elevated levels of a contaminant linked to cancer. The Food and Drug Administration said late Thursday that several batches of the drug metformin tested positive for unsafe levels of N-Nitrosodimethylamine, a possible cancer-causing chemical …