Diabetes

Dietary patterns vary across type 2 diabetes subtypes, with links to comorbidities, highlighting the need for more personalised nutrition strategies.

Patients with diabetes have a near fourfold higher risk of ‘frozen shoulder’, a new systematic review and meta-analysis has found.

Metformin is associated with lower odds of oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma, according to a 2026 Nordic population-based case-control study.

A 2026 target trial emulation has established a modest association between GLP-1 use in patients with Type 2 diabetes and a higher risk of erectile dysfunction.

Low socioeconomic status is, overall, tied to a higher prevalence of hypertension and obesity, but lower odds of diabetes and dyslipidaemia in China.

In this large cohort study spanning nine databases across the USA and Europe, researchers compared 18 safety outcomes across four major classes of second-line antihyperglycaemic agents.

Night shift work in type 2 diabetes is linked to higher glucose variability, increased snacking, and prolonged wakefulness, underscoring the need for tailored care strategies.

The prevalence of incident diabetes increases following COVID-19 infection, a 2026 systematic review and meta-analysis has revealed.