Metformin is the most common type 2 diabetes medication prescribed to millions of Americans each year, according to a new study by researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).…
Introduction In December 2019, a cluster of pneumonia cases was reported in the province of Hubei, China (Lu et al., 2020). It was then discovered that the infection was caused…
How COVID-19 is impacting type 1 diabetes management Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of people newly diagnosed with diabetes, especially type 1 diabetes (T1D), has increased.…
When the pandemic began, many people with diabetes wondered what COVID-19 meant for them. Diabetes was already known to increase the risk of other infectious diseases, including influenza. Could the…
What You Need to Know An updated list of high-risk underlying conditions, along with their associated evidence, is provided below. The conditions are grouped by the level of evidence, with…
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Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease that affects insulin production in the pancreas. The immune system attacks the pancreas, making it unable to produce insulin. Type 1 diabetes can…
Learn what we know so far about the link between diabetes and COVID-19 and what the research means for diabetes treatment. Early in the pandemic, scientists discovered that many people…