Global Scans · Diabetes · Weekly Summary

• [New] Diabetes in pregnancy is associated with increased risks of adverse maternal and neonatal outcomes, including preeclampsia, cesarean delivery, large for gestational age (LGA) infants, neonatal hypoglycaemia, and neonatal intensive care unit admission. PubMed Central (PMC)
• [New] More than 40.1 million Americans have diabetes, and another 115.2 million adults in the United States have prediabetes, which puts them at risk for type 2 diabetes. Chronic Disease
• [New] Conditions such as preeclampsia or gestational diabetes may increase risk for future heart conditions after pregnancy and encourages working with a healthcare provider to monitor risk before, during, and after pregnancy. Global Wellness Guru
• [New] UPFs such as processed meats and sugar-sweetened beverages are associated with significant increases in the risk of type 2 diabetes, colorectal cancer, and ischemic heart disease. TorHoerman Law, LLC
• A massive study of more than 600,000 U.S. veterans suggests that popular GLP-1 drugs such as semaglutide may do far more than help with diabetes and weight loss - they could also fight addiction itself. ScienceDaily
• Daly rates due to diabetes in 2050 vary widely, from 496-96 in Chad to 7,917-79 in Fiji, a more than 15-fold difference. PubMed Central (PMC)
• Research is ongoing to clarify the long-term relationship between SARS-CoV-2 infection and type 1 diabetes risk, including the development of a global registry, the CoviDIAB Registry. PubMed Central (PMC)
• Adults with prediabetes who carried certain variations of the vitamin D receptor gene had a 19% lower risk of developing diabetes when they took a high daily dose of vitamin D. SciTechDaily
• Amycretin, a diabetes - and obesity-treating drug which is currently going through beta-phase testing, will be a key product as Novo Nordisk expands its effectiveness and adherence benefits over other products. tradingkey.com
• By radically expanding access to GLP-1s, we could prevent millions of new diabetes diagnoses by 2035, spare hundreds of thousands of families the trauma of sudden heart attacks, and save tens of billions in treatment costs. / USA IFTF
• The COVID-19 pandemic has heightened public attention to chronic diseases, including diabetes, as the global health crisis emphasized the risks associated with comorbidities like diabetes and obesity. PubMed Central (PMC)
• Worldwide increases in diabetes and obesity, which are risk factors for dementia, among people younger than 65 may lead to an uptick in dementia risk in coming years. PubMed Central (PMC)
• Wegovy, a drug approved for weight loss in the UAE, has been proven to reduce the risk of major heart problems, while the injectable diabetes drug Mounjaro has also been shown to have heart protective qualities. The National
• More than 40% of U.S. adults live with obesity, driving increased risk of type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular-kidney metabolic disease, and reduced quality of life and life expectancy. Obesity Medicine Association

Last updated: 21 June 2026