About 24% of people with diabetes are treated with insulin. However, insulin cannot be taken as a pill because it would be broken down during the digestive process. Instead, it must be delivered into ...
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Insulin Dos and Don’ts

If youre on insulin to treat type 1 or type 2 diabetes, its critical to know exactly how to use it. Insulin can be a very dangerous drug if used improperly, says Stanley Mathew, MD, an endocrinologist ...
Taking rapid-acting insulin is the fastest way to lower high blood sugar. Missing a dose of diabetes medication can make your ...
The primary factor behind diabetes is that your body may not make enough insulin (type 1 diabetes) or it fails to respond to the insulin your pancreas releases, which is known as insulin resistance ...
People with type I diabetes have to inject themselves multiple times a day with manufactured insulin to maintain healthy levels of the hormone, as their bodies do not naturally produce enough. The ...
A major challenge for people who have a form of diabetes is the need to regulate the glucose levels in their body. Normally this is where the body’s insulin-producing cells would respond to glucose ...
Diabetic patients are often advised insulin therapy. But taking multiple injections daily may feel like a nightmare for many. But to tackle this issue, inhaled insulin has been recently launched in ...
An innovative insulin implant could redefine the future of diabetes management. Here's how this breakthrough diabetes treatment works, its benefits, risks, and what it means for people living with ...