The World Health Organization (WHO) has added a new set of drugs for obesity and diabetes to its essential medicines list, alongside treatments for cancer and cystic fibrosis. Cheap generic versions ...

In youth newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, GLP-1–based therapies, including semaglutide and tirzepatide, achieved similar ...

Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT-2) inhibitors used to treat type 2 diabetes are associated with an 11% lower risk of autoimmune rheumatic diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis and lupus, ...

EASD 2024 Tirzepatide Real-World Safety Profile "Reassuring," So Far Data from the US FDA's Adverse Event Reporting System on tirzepatide showed adverse events generally consistent with those observed ...

Physicians have hesitated to prescribe GLP-1RA medications, such as those with brand names of Ozempic and Victoza, to patients with a history of pancreatitis because it was believed they could ...

In addition to GLP-1 medications, a class of medications used in type 2 diabetes called SGLT-2 inhibitors is also being studied for use with type 1 diabetes. GLP-1 drugs can help lower the amount of ...