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Blood sugar
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Salt tracked with diabetes risk, measured in urine
A Diabetes Care study measured sodium in repeat 24-hour urine samples from 3,173 adults and found the highest intakes carried 2.66 times the risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
Jul 29, 2026
Longer sleep steadied next-day blood sugar in teenagers
A SLEEP study paired wrist trackers with continuous glucose monitors across 2,245 days in 206 Danish 18-year-olds and found sleep and glucose pushing on each other in both directions.
Jul 29, 2026
Oral GLP-1 pill elecoglipron hit 10% weight loss in a trial
A Lancet phase 2 trial of 310 adults found the oral GLP-1 drug elecoglipron produced up to 10.5% weight loss in 26 weeks against 0.6% on placebo, with no injections and no food restrictions.
Jul 26, 2026
Sugary drinks tied to liver cancer; diet versions were not
A pooled analysis of 11 cohorts and 1.5 million adults in JAMA Network Open linked each daily sugary drink to higher liver cancer risk, while artificially sweetened drinks showed no association.
Jul 26, 2026