This article is adapted from my longer post, Is Diabetes Genetic? What Can You Do About It?
Another myth circulating is that the only way to end up with ASCVD is to have insulin resistance. This is probably the easiest myth to dismiss. As you may have noticed in the previous chapter or blog posts, i...
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GLP-1 Receptor Agonists: The Most Important Drug Class of Our Lifetime?
If you have been paying attention to cardiovascular medicine over the past decade, you have watched GLP-1 receptor agonists transform from diabetes drugs into one of the most powerful multi-system therapies in modern medicine. We...
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If you've been researching natural approaches to managing type 2 diabetes, you've likely come across berberine. It's a compound extracted from various plants and has been used in traditional medicine for thousands of years. Supp...
The US and UK Diabetes Treatment Guidelines 2026 Update
Two major diabetes guideline updates landed within weeks of each other at the start of 2026: the American Diabetes Association (ADA) Standards of Care in Diabetes 2026 and the UK’s NICE guideline NG28, updated in February 2026. Together, they re...
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