Drugs often have side effects, sometimes even serious side effects, and some even have been suspected to cause cancer. But in this case it is a different kind: the diabetes drug metformin reduced the likelihood of developing cancer. This report by researchers at the University of Dundee in Scotland in the journal Diabetes Care. They assessed data from diabetic patients treated with metformin and compared them with a control group of diabetic patients taking metformin no. Because of the mode of action of the drug, the krebsunterdrückende effect is suspected …

Women with large fat cells have a markedly increased risk of diabetes. This has now revealed a longitudinal study from Sweden. The experts at Malin Lönn of Gothenburg University have studied the health records of 1 302 women who had participated since the 1970s in the study.

High levels of total cholesterol and the bad “LDL cholesterol is known to increase the risk of myocardial infarction. A recent study provides evidence that another form of cholesterol that is known as Oxycholesterin could be far more dangerous. This previously little-known before Cholesterintyp especially in fast food or containing added finished products in the form of hydrogenated fats.

General
Diabetes is a metabolic disorder leading to elevated blood glucose levels in blood. There are two major forms of diabetes: