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Diabetes drugs may help older adults slow frailty

Written by | 17 Dec 2025

A new study shows that older adults with type 2 diabetes who start treatment with sodium–glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT-2) inhibitors—such as empagliflozin (Jardiance) and dapagliflozin (Farxiga)—or glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1)… read more.

Common diabetes drug helps chickens lay more eggs

Written by | 21 May 2025

What do chickens and people with a common reproductive disorder have in common? More than one might think — and a widely-used diabetes medication might just be the… read more.

Repurposed diabetes drug can reduce pain for those with knee arthritis and overweight or obesity: study

Written by | 30 Apr 2025

A common diabetes drug can reduce the pain of people with knee osteoarthritis and overweight or obesity, possibly delaying the need for knee replacements, Monash University-led research has… read more.

Tirzepatide enhances weight loss with sustained treatment but discontinuation leads to weight regain

Written by | 15 Dec 2023

The current class of anti-obesity drugs is proving remarkably effective at removing excess pounds. However, a phase 3 randomized clinical trial led by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine… read more.

A common diabetes drug has a surprising side gig: muscle protector

Written by | 31 Jul 2023

You might not think of diabetes when you think of muscle function. But a common diabetes drug that regulates blood sugar can also prevent muscle atrophy and muscular… read more.

Metformin lowers risk of long COVID

Written by | 10 Jun 2023

Treatment with the diabetes drug metformin immediately after testing positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus lowers the risk of developing long COVID by 41%. Researchers reported this finding on… read more.

Diabetes drugs associated with fewer adverse cardiac events

Written by | 11 May 2023

GLP1 receptor agonists — a class of diabetes medications — are associated with fewer major adverse cardiovascular events than another type of diabetes drug (DPP4 inhibitors) in older… read more.

Diabetes drug appears to help prevent dementia

Written by | 19 Feb 2023

New research shows that patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes who received treatment with the diabetes drug pioglitazone were less likely to go on to develop dementia… read more.

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