Medically reviewed by Jane Kim, MD Key Takeaways Metformin is the first choice medicine for type 2 diabetes. Meglitinides can ...

When diabetes causes CKD, it’s sometimes called diabetic kidney disease. Elevated blood sugar levels that result from diabetes can damage the tiny blood vessels inside your kidneys. As a result, your ...

Lower blood sugar and increased fat burning – without negatively affecting appetite or muscle mass. These are some of the most promising effects of a new potential drug treatment for people with type ...

A drug used to treat type 2 diabetes may also be effective in slowing the progression of prostate cancer. This is shown by an international study in which researchers at Umeå University, Sweden, have ...

The sodium glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT-2) inhibitor drug dapagliflozin, widely used to treat type 2 diabetes, also shows improvements for patients with progressive liver disease, finds a clinical ...

Stem cell therapy is an emerging treatment for type 2 diabetes. Although it’s not yet FDA-approved in the United States, it is a rapidly expanding and promising field of research. Stem cells are ...