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Study: People Who Have Diabetes More Often Affected By Trigger Finger

Trigger finger, or locked fingers, is more common in diabetics than in the general population. According to a study led by Lund University in Sweden, the risk of being affected increases when blood sugar levels are high. Read more on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News · Oct 20, 2022

A dangerous wait for the Hunter's diabetics

A surge in people using a type 2 diabetes medication for weight loss has caused a nationwide shortage, one that a Lemon Tree Passage resident fears will have tragic consequences.

Newcastle Herald · Oct 19, 2022

New generation of weight loss medications offer promise — but at a price

Excitement is building about a new generation of drugs that tout the ability to help adults with excess weight shed more pounds than older drugs on the market.

Tribune News Service · Oct 19, 2022

Type 2 diabetics forced to seek alternative treatments as use of Ozempic for weight loss grows

Healthcare workers say they are "gobsmacked" by a shortage of essential treatments for diabetics.

ABC News · Oct 17, 2022

‘Separate and unequal’: Critics say Newsom’s pricey Medicaid reforms leave most patients behind

LOS ANGELES — It wasn’t exactly an emergency, but Michael Reed, a security guard who lives in Watts, had back pain and ran out of his blood pressure medication. Unsure where else to turn, he went to his local emergency room for a refill.

Tribune News Service · Oct 16, 2022

Common drugs could fight obesity and diabetes, say scientists

Researchers identify medications that could be repurposed, including treatments for heart conditions and stomach ulcers

The Guardian - UK · Oct 15, 2022

Lenny Henry shares the secrets behind three stone weight loss after battling diabetes

Sir Lenny Henry stunned viewers as he showed off his incredible three stone weight loss at the National Television Awards and he's now shared the secrets behind his new figure

Daily Mirror · Oct 15, 2022

Diabetes Pills May Help Slash Risk Of Alzheimer’s

The findings are based on electronic health records of 559,106 US veterans people.

Zenger · Oct 15, 2022

Doctors prescribe healthy meals to keep patients out of the hospital

Meals on Wheels had been delivering healthy meals to thousands of older adults in Portland, Oregon, for more than 50 years when a local hospital asked whether the group could cook similar meals for patients leaving the hospital after acute bouts of diabetes, heart disease and other chronic illnesses.

Tribune News Service · Oct 13, 2022

How TikTok turned the diabetes drug Ozempic into a diet pill

There’s been a global shortage of the diabetes treatment Ozempic since it went viral on TikTok as a diet drug. Charlotte Lytton investigates the boom in interest – and the historic dangers of quick-fix slimming pills

The Independent UK · Oct 13, 2022