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Lorcaserin currently used as a weight-loss drug could have diabetes preventive properties, it has been found to decreased the risk of diabetes and its complications in obese and overweight patients. The findings of this study are published In "The Lancet" journal.
Researchers from the Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) found that lorcaserin reduced the risk of diabetes by 19 percent in patients with pre-diabetes, diabetic neuropathy -- a type of nerve damage that can occur with diabetes -- by 21 percent....