Diabetes News for the Spanish Speaking Community
Original Article: https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/sglt2-inhibitors-linked-lower-risk-af-t2d-2025a1000fej?form=fpf
Diabetes Drug Shows Unexpected Heart PerkA recent study from Germany found that a medicine, commonly prescribed for people with type 2 diabetes (T2D), called an SGLT2 inhibitor may help lower the risk of developing atrial fibrillation … [Read More]
Original Article: https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/ultraprocessed-foods-tied-early-signs-parkinsons-2025a1000b5p
What the Study Looked AtA large study of nearly 43,000 adults found that eating lots of ultraprocessed foods (UPFs) — such as hot dogs, chips, soda, and packaged snacks — may raise the risk of … [Read More]
Original Article: https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/more-us-patients-choose-talk-therapy-over-psychotropics-2025a1000ber
More People Picking Therapy Over PillsBetween 2018 and 2021, more adults in the U.S. started choosing psychotherapy (talk therapy) without medications to treat their mental health issues. At the same time, fewer people relied only … [Read More]
Original Article: https://www.medscape.com/s/viewarticle/1002391
What the Study Looked AtResearchers studied almost 90,000 middle-aged and older adults in the UK over a period of nearly 10 years. Everyone in the study wore a wrist device (an accelerometer) that tracked how … [Read More]
Original Article: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/19322968251321508
Why This Study MattersManaging diabetes means keeping blood sugar levels steady, especially after meals. Scientists know that different people respond differently to the same food, but even the same person can react differently at different … [Read More]
Original Article: https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/chewing-gum-contributes-microplastic-ingestion-2025a10007mu
Why Chewing Gum Might Be a ProblemChewing gum is popular around the world for freshening breath, helping oral health, and even delivering medicine. But many chewing gums — even “natural” ones — use plant-based or … [Read More]
Original Article: https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/hyperglycemia-risky-side-effect-certain-cancer-drugs-2025a1000a05
Why Cancer Treatments Cause Blood Sugar ProblemsSome new breast cancer drugs, such as inavolisib, alpelisib, and capivasertib, can cause a serious side effect: hyperglycemia, (high blood sugar). These drugs block the PI3K/Akt pathway, which is … [Read More]
Original Article: https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/how-everyday-food-additives-may-be-fuelling-t2d-2025a10008xj
Why Scientists Studied Food AdditivesFood companies use additives to improve texture, taste, shelf life, and appearance of products. Earlier studies have shown that some additives might be harmful to human health. Most of this research focused … [Read More]
Original Article: https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/your-gums-could-raise-your-stroke-risk-22-2025a10008a4
The Link Between Gum Disease and StrokeFrench researchers looked at multiple past studies to find out if gum disease (called periodontitis) is linked to a higher risk of stroke. They found that people with periodontitis … [Read More]
Original Article: https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/why-placebo-may-work-better-when-you-know-its-placebo-2025a10008an
What Was the Study About?Researchers wanted to see if open-label placebos (OLPs)—pills with no active ingredients that patients knoware placebos—could help with premenstrual syndrome (PMS). They tested this on 150 women with moderate to severe PMS. … [Read More]
