(Natural News) Researchers from the University Medical Center Groningen and Maastricht University Medical Center in the Netherlands have found that 18 common drug categories can negatively impact the gut microbiome, the total population of microbes present in the gut and their collective genetic material. Many of these drugs, such as the diabetes drug metformin and the antidepressant selective […]

(Natural News) Learning you have prediabetes is a serious wake-up call, and it’s understandable that you’d be willing to do everything in your power to prevent it from becoming full-fledged diabetes. For some people, that means taking type 2 diabetes medications on the recommendation of their doctor. While no one wants to start taking meds […]

(Natural News) Living with diabetes means lots of health-related worries, and if you’re taking one very popular diabetes drug, you can add cancer to your list of concerns. Metformin, which is given to many people with type 2 diabetes to control high blood sugar, has been found to contain carcinogens in other countries, prompting official […]

(Natural News) You can manage blood sugar levels with diabetes medications such as Metformin, but when they fail to work, doctors often prescribe second-line treatments such as basal insulin or sulfonylureas. According to a new study from the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, some of these second-line diabetes drugs actually raise your risk of […]

(Natural News) Another study shows yet another proof that pharmaceutical drugs are ineffective in addressing certain health conditions, particularly diabetes drugs. In a study published in the journal Diabetes Care, metformin and insulin failed to stop the decline of insulin production in newly diagnosed children with Type 2 diabetes. Researchers continue to search for ways […]

(Natural News) As type 2 diabetes continues its meteoric rise around the world, researchers are working overtime in search of better treatments – and sometimes their findings are ignored by profit-minded pharmaceutical companies. Some people believe that the most important thing that diabetics can do is to lower their glucose at all costs. This stance […]

(Natural News) Diabetes is a pandemic that has been sweeping across the globe, but there are still a lot of things that people don’t understand about the condition. In particular, blood tests (as well as their interpretation) continue to be a source of confusion for most patients with diabetes. In his video, DeWayne McCulley of Death […]

(Natural News) While there are various conventional medicines used to manage the symptoms of diabetes, many healthcare professionals and providers are looking more into traditional herbal medicines to prevent and reverse the development of this disease and its related complications. The antihyperglycemic (anti-diabetic) effects of various herbal medicines prescribed by traditional healers have been scientifically proven […]

(Natural News) An Indian study using diabetic rats determined that the Ayurvedic medicine Chandraprabha vati (CPV) can treat and manage Type 2 diabetes just as effectively as metformin. CPV was shown to control blood sugar, cholesterol, and triglycerides levels just as well as first-line diabetic medicines. Diabetes mellitus is indicated by abnormally high blood sugar levels that come from defects in the secretion […]

(Natural News) Type 2 diabetes can be a tricky illness to manage. In many cases, it is entirely possible to keep it under control with proper diet and regular exercise, and the lack of side effects makes this the most prudent approach for many people. However, others turn to diabetes drugs like Metformin to manage […]