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Formerly known as juvenile diabetes, type 1 diabetes can develop at any age. Learn how it progresses differently among children and adults and what screening options exist.

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In today's Morning Rounds newsletter: a failed long Covid drug may get another shot, the benefits of even a little activity ...

More than one-third of people who helped develop the 2023 guidelines for treating children with obesity had undisclosed ...

Novo Nordisk sees 65% obesity drug sales growth, forecasts $8.14–$9.59B FY25 free cash flow. Click here to read an analysis ...

Danegaptide, a potential oral therapy for nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy, is advancing to a phase 2 trial after ...

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Most people believe that orange juice raises blood sugar, but the reality is a little more complicated. It's now believed that orange juice has a neutral effect on blood sugar.

An international team of researchers has made a key discovery: many children and young adults in Sub-Saharan Africa diagnosed with type 1 diabetes (T1D) may have a different form of the disease—one ...

Eli Lilly, Summit Therapeutics, and Vertex Pharmaceuticals all have important ongoing clinical trials. Shares of these ...