ABOUT INSULIN

What is insulin? Insulin is the internal secretion of the pancreas formed by groups of cells called the islets of Langerhans. It is the hormone needed to enable glucose to enter the cells and provide energy. Insulin is also important in keeping blood glucose levels within the acceptable limits. Insulin...

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Being Unprepared

Ok so your out and about, or maybe even at work and you start having a high blood sugar, and you look through your bag/desk/briefcase and you find that you are out of insulin or pen needles….WHAT DO YOU DO? Well currently that is the situation that I am in right now as I sit here writing this blog...

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Changing up your shot site

Doctors tell us when we are first diagnosed with Diabetes that we need to change up our shot site and not to use the same one over and over. However, they never mentioned that this could happen. This is Lipohypertrophy. The male patient had developed two fatty masses as a result of decades of injecting...

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Long Term Insulin Not Linked To Higher Risk Of Heart Attack, Stroke, Cancer

Long term use of insulin does not put people with diabetes or pre-diabetes at higher risk for heart attack, stroke or cancer, according to a large international study that followed more than 12,500 people in 40 countries over 6 years.One of the study's two principal investigators, Dr Hertzel Gerstein, of McMaster University in Canada, presented the findings on Monday at the 72nd scientific sessions...

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Type 2 Diabetes and Harmful Medication

  Reading the fine print is an easy step to skip when you are prescribed a new medication, but you risk taking something that may be more harmful than helpful. When it comes to type 2 diabetes, there are several classes of drugs that your doctor can choose from. They include sulfonylureas, meglitinides,...

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Maxonidine, A Second-Generation Drug Used For Hypertension Aids Heart Function Independent Of Blood Pressure

Heart failure is the most common cause of death throughout the world, typically the result of chronic high blood pressure, also known as hypertension. As a result, research efforts have focused on an array of approaches aimed at preventing and treating high blood pressure. Recently, Japanese researchers examined the utility of an anti-hypertensive drug, moxonidine, which acts on the imidazoline receptors...

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Ultra-Long-Acting Insulin Degludec, Two Phase 3 Studies Published

Two Phase III studies, published in The Lancet, reveal that ultra-long-acting insulin degludec considerably reduced rates of nocturnal hypoglycemia in patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetesby 25%, compared to insulin glargine.Insulin degludec is an investigational compound developed by Novo Nordisk.1,635 individuals with diabetes were enrolled to participate in the trials in order to examine insulin...

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Long-Overlooked Protein May Be The Gateway To The Storage And Burning Of Fat, Diabetes Treatment

Humans are built to hunger for fat, packing it on during times of feast and burning it during periods of famine. But when deluged by foods rich in fat and sugar, the modern waistline often far exceeds the need to store energy for lean times, and the result has been an epidemic of diabetes, heart diseaseand other obesity-related problems.Now, scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies...

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TSA destroys Teen’s Insulin Pump

Savannah Barry, a 16-year-old diabetic, is criticizing the TSA after an agent incorrectly instructed her to walk through a metal detector despite the fact she was wearing an expensive insulin pump. The pump stopped working shortly after the security check. The TSA website...

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TSA destroys Teen’s Insulin Pump

Savannah Barry, a 16-year-old diabetic, is criticizing the TSA after an agent incorrectly instructed her to walk through a metal detector despite the fact she was wearing an expensive insulin pump. The pump stopped working shortly after the security check. The TSA website...

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Doubts Over Long Term Impact Of Group Education For Diabetes Patients

A study published in BMJ (British Medical Journal) states that there are no long term benefits from type 2 diabetes group education programs that only take place once.Type 2 diabetes, a chronic disease which can lead to amputation, loss of vision, kidney failure and many other health problems, requires a person to be extremely vigilant in caring for themselves when it comes to medication, treatment...

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New Knowledge About Insulin Production Mapped By Stem Cell Researchers

Scientists from The Danish Stem Cell Center (DanStem) at the University of Copenhagen and Hagedorn Research Institute have gained new insight into the signaling paths that control the body's insulin production. This is important knowledge with respect to their final goal: the conversion of stem cellsinto insulin-producing beta cells that can be implanted into patients who need them. The research results...

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The Use of U-500 in Patients With Extreme Insulin Resistance

The Diabetes Control and Complication Trial (1) and the U.K. Prospective Diabetes Study (2,3), as well as other smaller trials (4), have established the benefit of treating type 1 and type 2 diabetes to levels of glycemia as close to normal as possible. These studies have formed the basis for the therapeutic targets set forth in the most recent American Diabetes Association (ADA) guidelines (5). There...

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Scottish Government announces insulin pump investment

After many years of campaigning by the charity and patient groups, Diabetes UK Scotland has welcomed a Scottish Government announcement to invest over £1 million in delivering insulin pumps. All eligible under-18s with Type 1 diabetes will now have access to life-changing insulin pumps under plans...

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Insulin Resistance Linked to Brain Health

New research from Uppsala University shows that reduced insulin sensitivity is linked to smaller brain size and deteriorated language skills in seniors. The findings are now published in the scientific journal Diabetes Care. The main hormonal function of insulin is to support the uptake and use of glucose in muscles and fat tissues. However, in an earlier article recently published in Molecular Neurobiology,...

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Bold new avenue for type 1 diabetes research

Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh have discovered new ways to grow human beta cells in the laboratory. The researchers were able to induce the cells to divide and, notably, to stop the cells from dividing as well.The cell division was achieved by adding the genes ‘cdk’ and ‘cyclin d’ into the beta cells. The way the genes were introduced into the beta cells was via a virus which was able...

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Alternate form of Insulin?

  A new study shows that an alternate form of insulin may be approved in upcoming years that is longer lasting, overall helping patients living with diabetes to have an improved quality of life by not having to inject themselves daily. This incidence may be able to be cut in half. People diagnosed...

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