News from the European Association for the Study for Diabetes (EASD) conference in Stockholm

Women exposed to organic pollutants in early pregnancy have more than four-times increased risk of gestational diabetes

New research presented at this year's annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes in Stockholm shows that a 10-times increased exposure to organic pollutants in early pregnancy is associated with a 4.4 times increased risk of a pregnant woman developing gestational diabetes.

Medical Xpress

Pesticide exposure tied to diabetes risk

A review of 21 observational studies has investigated the link between exposure to pesticides and diabetes.

WebMD

'Youngest' toddler with type 2 diabetes raises concern

The case of a 35kg-weighing 3-year old child recently diagnosed with type-2 diabetes is being discussed today at the EASD conference.

BBC News

Study suggests incretin drugs do not cause pancreatic cancer

A 7-year Danish case-control study has concluded that the risk of pancreatic cancer is not elevated with incretin-based drugs compared with other glucose-lowering therapies. The findings come after previous observational studies suggested that incretins can cause pancreatitis or pancreatic cancer through stimulating GLP-1 receptors.

MedScape

Acute coronary syndrome risk higher for women with diabetes than men

A systematic review and meta-analysis of 19 studies has found that diabetic women are 40% more likely to suffer from acute coronary syndromes than men.

Healio

Controlling blood sugar may help prevent dementia, study shows

Swedish researchers studying more than 350,000 patients with type-2 diabetes found that those with poor blood-sugar control had a 50% higher risk of being diagnosed with dementia later in life.

Wall Street Journal