Strength Training Plus Cardio Just Cut Diabetes Risk
A new meta-analysis published in Sports Medicine and reported by News-Medical.net found that combining strength training with aerobic exercise cuts Type 2 diabetes risk more than either modality alone. Across 35 studies and over 90,000 participants, the combination reduced Type 2 diabetes risk by 17–40% depending on dose, with the strongest effect at 150+ minutes […]
An Oral GLP-1 Just Hit 89% A1c Target
A new phase 2b trial of Eli Lilly’s investigational oral GLP-1 elecoglipron showed that up to 89.6% of participants with Type 2 diabetes reached an A1c of 7% or lower, compared with just 24.9% on placebo —and up to 72.3% achieved at least 5% weight loss versus 20.2% on placebo. The results, presented this week […]
Retatrutide Just Got Renal Data
Eli Lilly’s retatrutide — the triple-hormone receptor agonist that already made headlines in 2026 for its 2.0% A1c reduction and 16.8% body-weight loss in Type 2 diabetes — just published renal outcomes data in The New England Journal of Medicine. The ORBIT trial evaluated retatrutide in adults with Type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease, […]
Stanford Just Found Why GLP-1s Don’t Work for 1 in 10 People
Stanford researchers just published findings that roughly 1 in 10 people carry genetic variants that make GLP-1 receptor agonist drugs — Ozempic, Mounjaro, Wegovy — meaningfully less effective at lowering blood sugar. The Stanford Medicine News report describes a meta-analysis of three clinical trials showing that carriers of specific variants in the PAM gene reach […]
Generic Dapagliflozin Just Got Approved.
The FDA has approved generic versions of dapagliflozin, a workhorse Type 2 diabetes medication in the SGLT2 inhibitor class, and the coverage has been almost entirely about access. Lower cost. More refills. Fewer prior-authorization fights at the pharmacy counter. For the millions of adults in the US who take a daily SGLT2 inhibitor to lower […]
ADA 2026 Made Multimorbidity the Headline.
At the 2026 ADA Scientific Sessions in New Orleans, a team from Leicester launched a three-paper Lancet Series on cardiometabolic multimorbidity — and the agenda tells you exactly where the diabetes conversation is right now. What the Lancet Series Covers The Leicester/NIHR ARC East Midlands team presented three new papers in The Lancet on June […]
The ADA Just Rewrote Its Standards of Care. It Still Won’t Reverse Diabetes.
The most influential diabetes document in America just dropped. The American Diabetes Association’s 202 Standards of Care in Diabetes — published in December 2025 in Diabetes Care (Volume 49, Supplement 1) and now in effect across U.S. endocrinology practices — is the annual clinical playbook that 90%+ of American endocrinologists follow when treating Type 2 […]
Once-Weekly Insulin Is Here. It’s Still Not Reversal.
The FDA just approved the first once-weekly basal insulin for Type 2 diabetes — Novo Nordisk’s Awiqli, greenlit on March 26, 2026 per the FDA Novel Drug Approvals 2026 list, with the U.S. launch expected in the second half of this year. The pitch is simple: one shot a week instead of seven. For the […]
This New GLP-1 Pill Hit 89.6% A1c Goal — It Doesn’t Reverse Diabetes
The American Diabetes Association’s 2026 Scientific Sessions wrapped last week in New Orleans, and the headlines read like a victory lap. A new once-daily oral GLP-1 called elecoglipron — a small-molecule pill, no injection, no fasting window — sent 89.6% of patients in its phase 2b trial to an A1c of 7.0% or below. Up […]
UK Doctors Just Made GLP-1s First-Line. 17,000 Lives Saved — and Counting
The UK’s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) just rewrote the rulebook for Type 2 diabetes. As of this year, GLP-1 receptor agonists and SGLT-2 inhibitors are being prescribed earlier, faster, and to more patients than ever before — and the agency estimates this shift could prevent around 17,000 deaths over the next […]