New Developments in Treatment of Diabetes Type 2

From The Lancet theme issue on diabetes:

Diabetes confers a two-fold excess risk for a wide range of vascular diseases - heart disease and stroke. Adjusted HRs with diabetes were: 2·00 for coronary heart disease; 2·27 for ischaemic stroke; 1·56 for haemorrhagic stroke; 1·84 for unclassified stroke; and 1·73 for the aggregate of other vascular deaths. http://goo.gl/ucF0

Increased occurrence of cough and change in pulmonary function in the group receiving inhaled insulin - Lancet http://goo.gl/ve3G

Once weekly exenatide is an important therapeutic option for patients with type 2 diabetes http://goo.gl/UL3e

Dapagliflozin, sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitor (SGLT2 inhibitor), provides a new therapeutic option for type 2 diabetes http://goo.gl/FqIM