Preventing Type 2 Diabetes
According to recent research, the insulin resistance and pancreatic beta-cell (β-cell) dysfunction associated with type 2 diabetes (T2D) was unresponsive to treatment with metformin alone or metformin combined with insulin glargine in youth with impaired glucose tolerance (IGT), which is an element of prediabetes, or early T2D.
The U.S. Departments of Labor, Treasury, and Health and Human Services issued a final rule that would expand the use of “short-term, limited-duration insurance plans.” More than 25 patient and consumer groups representing millions of people with pre-existing health conditions issued a joint concern over the legal changes.
“We envision a pill that a patient can take before a meal that transiently coats the gut to replicate the effects of surgery,†said co-senior author Jeff Karp, PhD, a bioengineer and principal investigator at BWH. “