The islets of Langerhans play a crucial role in blood sugar regulation. Fayette A Reynolds/Berkshire Community College Bioscience Image Library via Flickr Diabetes develops when the body fails to ...
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom has announced a new contract with nonprofit drugmaker Civica Rx, a move that brings the state one step closer to creating its own line of insulin to bring down the cost of ...
Many diabetics are finding the cost of staying alive to be increasingly out of reach. A Yale School of Medicine study published in HealthAffairs uncovered “catastrophic spending on insulin,” with more ...
Hannah Crabtree got active on Twitter in 2016 to find more people like herself: those with Type 1 diabetes who’d hacked their insulin pumps to automatically adjust the amount of insulin delivered.
This article was reviewed by Felix Gussone, MD. Key Takeaways: Hormones like insulin, cortisol, thyroid hormones, and ...
Diabetes develops when the body fails to manage its blood glucose levels. One form of diabetes causes the body to not produce insulin at all. Called Type 1 diabetes, or T1D, this autoimmune disease ...
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(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Vinny Negi, University of Pittsburgh (THE CONVERSATION) Diabetes develops when the ...