Watson LE, Phillips LK, Wu T, et al. - Researchers conducted this investigation to assess the natural history of gastric emptying in type 2 diabetes. Twelve patients with type 2 diabetes were encouraged to return for repeat measurements of gastric emptying using the same dual-labelled solid and liquid meal, a mean of 14.0 ± 0.5 years after their initial study. In addition, blood glucose levels, glycated haemoglobin, upper gastrointestinal symptoms and autonomic nerve function at baseline and follow up were compared. According to findings, HbA1c was higher at follow up, however, fasting blood glucose, postprandial blood glucose excursions, autonomic nerve function, and total upper gastrointestinal symptom score did not differ. Gastric emptying of solids and liquids does not usually become more delayed over time and abnormally slow gastric emptying of solids may improve in patients with long-term type 2 diabetes.