The Latest Breaking News from diabetes

Eating more potatoes was tied to a higher risk of type 2 diabetes risks in a study that spanned three decades – and French fries were the main culprit.

The study found eating three servings of fries a week could increase your risk of developing type 2 diabetes by 20 percent

Baking, boiling or mashing potatoes raises risk by 5% and replacing with whole grains lowers risk significantly

But wholegrain foods remained the best option to reduce risk, experts said.

Danish company to cut costs and consider layoffs after competition from Mounjaro and the copycat market

Tech entrepreneur Bryan Johnson, who spends $2 million annually on anti-aging treatments, refutes claims that Novo Nordisk AS‘s (NYSE:NVO) Ozempic demonstrates anti-aging properties. Johnson disputed a post on social platform X suggesting the diabetes drug reverses biological aging by 3.1 years.

Shares of 4D Molecular Therapeutics (NASDAQ:FDMT) are currently up over 20.6% after the company released positive results from its Spectra trial.

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Over a fifth of people in the UK have tried to access a weight loss drug in the last year, according to a recent poll.

Experts say the diets are effective, regardless of a person’s ethnicity

The analysis included 826,000 people, with researchers from the University of Cambridge looking at 33 studies on three different diets.