Adults in Hong Kong who developed diabetes by age 40 reported less diabetes distress after a year of personalized care that included genetic and biomarker testing. Over 3 years, though, the extra care did not lower their rate of diabetes complications.1 Research Highlights A large randomized trial: the PRISM trial assigned 884 Chinese adults with …
Almost no research has measured suicide risk in Black men with diabetes, and none has looked at Black gay, bisexual and other sexual minority men with diabetes, according to a 2026 review. The review argues that primary care can still check for distress and suicide risk now.1 Research Highlights 1 directly relevant study: it compared …
Adults with type 2 diabetes who also had ADHD died at a higher rate than those without ADHD in a 2026 study of 1.9 million adults newly diagnosed with diabetes across 7 countries. They did not, however, have more heart attacks, strokes or cardiovascular deaths.1 Research Highlights Higher death rate with ADHD: after adjusting for …
A 2026 meta-analysis of 54 human studies found that 8-hydroxy-2′-deoxyguanosine rose in Parkinson’s disease, while F2-isoprostanes did not show a statistically confirmed Parkinson’s signal; type 2 diabetes showed much larger peripheral oxidative-stress elevations than Parkinson’s disease for both biomarkers. Research Highlights Parkinson’s DNA-oxidation signal was moderate: Msigwa et al. pooled 5 Parkinson’s disease studies with …
A 2026 medRxiv genetic analysis linked type 2 diabetes and 2-hour postprandial glucose — the blood-sugar rise after an oral glucose challenge — to higher lacunar stroke risk, with a stronger direct signal for post-meal glucose than for HbA1c after adjustment for brain small-vessel imaging markers.1 Research Highlights Lacunar stroke was the clearest endpoint: genetically …
A 2026 target-trial emulation involving 102,361 U.S. veterans with type 2 diabetes found no increased suicidality risk after starting semaglutide vs. sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT2 inhibitors): suicidal ideation HR 0.99 and suicide attempt/death HR 1.05 after overlap weighting.1 That does not prove semaglutide prevents suicide, but it weakens the broad claim that semaglutide initiation itself …
A 12-week text-message intervention for people with schizophrenia spectrum disorders improved diabetes self-management confidence and patient activation, but it did not yet move weight, HbA1c, physical activity, or psychiatric symptoms. SMART looked feasible and psychologically useful in this uncontrolled pilot; cardiometabolic outcomes need a full-scale randomized trial with longer follow-up.1 Research Highlights SMART was tested …