«These findings suggest we should consider screening people with prediabetes for low thyroid function,» said lead investigator Layal Chaker, MD, of Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. (sciencedaily.com)
Liraglutide also lowered the chance of prediabetes developing in adults who started the study with normal blood sugar levels, with 7 percent becoming prediabetic compared with nearly 20 percent of those receiving placebo. (sciencedaily.com)
In The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology DZD scientists have now summarized information from the literature and have provided novel data indicating that in future the determination of the 4 major phenotypes fatty liver, visceral obesity and impaired production and action of insulin may help to improve prediction and prevention of cardiometabolic risk in prediabetes. (sciencedaily.com)