Some diabetes patients this year have had trouble finding their preferred insulin brands as major drug manufacturers reported shortages of the medicine. USA TODAY set out to find out what patients ...

Janel Wright had just days left in her insulin supply in early January when a pharmacist told her there was none of the drug left to fill her prescription. Her neighborhood Fred Meyer pharmacy in ...

We couldn’t be happier to see Dr Sheila Reith, CBE honoured at the Pride of Britain Awards for improving the lives of millions of people with diabetes worldwide.

A beloved former Stirling doctor, who transformed the lives of millions of people with diabetes after co-inventing the world’s first insulin pen, has been honoured with the Mirror Pride of ...

Life with diabetes usually includes many injections of the blood sugar–controlling hormone insulin. Recent research investigating a once-weekly shot finds it might help lessen the burden a bit ...

Objective: To compare traditional sliding scale (SS) with a tight glycemic control ... was compared with those treated with TC (n = 210). Patients on SS insulin received a traditional SS regimen ...

SS patients who received oral hypoglycemics, insulin aspart mix, insulin detemir, insulin glargine, insulin glulisine, insulin NPH, or insulin 70/30; or TC patients who received oral hypoglycemics ...

Now, scientists have made a major breakthrough in developing what has been long called the “holy grail” diabetes treatments — a “smart” insulin that responds in real time to fluctuations in one’s ...

A new treatment combining ReCET and semaglutide eliminated insulin use in 86% of type 2 diabetes patients, improving natural insulin sensitivity. A new treatment combining ReCET and semaglutide could ...

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Scientists have engineered a modified insulin that reduces its activity at low glucose levels. This glucose-responsive insulin could prevent people with diabetes from experiencing dangerously low ...