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Diane Fennell

Insulin Effective and Accepted in Newly Diagnosed Type 2s

Insulin therapy is often resisted by people newly diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes because of fears of weight gain, low blood glucose (hypoglycemia), and a declining quality of life. But according to research recently published in the journal Diabetes Care, insulin-based treatment is safe, effective, and well tolerated in those newly diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes, and additionally it does not cause greater weight gain or more episodes of low blood glucose than oral diabetes treatments…

Mark Marino

Diabetes Drugs: Pramlintide

Many people do not think of the brain when considering the causes of or treatments for diabetes. So it may be surprising to learn that the drug we are discussing today works by activating brain cells…

Diane Fennell

Oral Insulin Conditionally Approved by FDA

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Oral-lyn, an insulin spray for people with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes, for its Treatment Investigational New Drug (IND) program. This approval will allow Generex Biotechnology Corporation, developers of Oral-lyn, to provide early access to the medicine to people with serious or life-threatening Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes who have no satisfactory alternative treatments and who are not eligible for participation in the company’s ongoing Phase III clinical trial of the drug…

Mark Marino

Diabetes Drugs: GLP-1 Agonists

A curious fact that has been known almost since the discovery of insulin is that glucose taken by mouth stimulates insulin secretion to a greater degree than glucose that is injected straight into the bloodstream. Researchers theorized that a hormone might be released by the gastrointestinal tract in response to glucose that was able to stimulate insulin secretion above and beyond that stimulated by glucose alone. This then-undiscovered hormone was called “incretin,” since it seemed to stimulate insulin production…

Mark Marino

Diabetes Drugs: Your Insulin Questions Answered

My endocrinologist assures me that I have Type 2 diabetes because I have predominantly abdominal fat. Do you have any thoughts on this…

Mark Marino

Diabetes Drugs: Insulin

Insulin was the first medicine developed for the treatment of diabetes, and it remains the most effective therapy for treating hyperglycemia (high blood glucose)…

Diane Fennell

Lantus and Cancer: Further Study Needed

Eric Lagergren

It’s Not the Heat, It’s the Insulin

Diane Fennell

Stolen Levemir Warning

Eric Lagergren

They Had To Tell Me, Didn’t They?

Tara Dairman

Some Accu-Chek Spirit Pumps Recalled

Tara Dairman

More Companies Offer Deals to Deltec Customers

Tara Dairman

Deltec Cozmo Pump Discontinued

Jan Chait

Food For Thought

David Spero

Insulin, Fat, And Doctors

Web Team

What We’re Reading: Health Videos Online

Eric Lagergren

Switching Pharmacies Is Hard on the Heart

Jan Chait

Careful, Your Prejudice is Showing

David Spero

Not So Fast With the Insulin?

Web Team

In the Pipeline: Oral Insulin

Eric Lagergren

I’m Doing Fine, Really, But…

Web Team

What We’re Reading: Color-Coded Insulin Packaging

Tara Dairman

Insulin Syringe Recall

Eric Lagergren

Insulin Pumpers: Learn from My Experience

David Spero

New Drugs: Myths and Facts

Tara Dairman

Updated Guidelines for Treating Type 2

Jan Chait

Navigating a New Toy

Jan Chait

The Right Stuff

Jan Chait

It’s About Time

Eric Lagergren

Infusion Tubing Snag and Pump Site Rip-Off (Beep Beep)

Tara Dairman

Diabetes Treatment and Alzheimer Disease

Jan Chait

Getting the Blues Over Diabetes Depiction

David Spero

Are Your Meds Making You Fat?

Eric Lagergren

The Positive Can Be Negative

Jan Chait

Pump Up Your Education

Eric Lagergren

Blockage Detected

Web Team

What We’re Reading: Free Insulin Pen Offer

Web Team

What We’re Reading: Insulin Pump Safety

Jan Chait

Fishing for Freedom from Harassment

Web Team

What We’re Reading: Type 1 Bloggers Roundtable

Jan Chait

Support Comes in Many Forums

Tara Dairman

Exubera May Be Linked to Lung Cancer

Jan Chait

Having Diabetes Means Coping With Change

Jan Chait

There’s More Than One Way to Answer a Prayer

Eric Lagergren

Taking It Off in Bed

Jan Chait

Where’s Your Brain When You Need It?

Web Team

What We’re Reading: Diabetes and Tea

Jan Chait

In Praise of Pharmacists

Jan Chait

Some Days Are for the Birds

Tara Dairman

Symlin Now Available in a Pen

Jan Chait

All Pumped Up—Again

Eric Lagergren

Priming the (Insulin) Pump (Part 8)

Eric Lagergren

Priming the (Insulin) Pump (Part 7)

Eric Lagergren

Priming the (Insulin) Pump (Part 6)

Jan Chait

"Thimk" Before You Act

Jan Chait

Laughter: Almost As Good As Blood Glucose Control

Eric Lagergren

Priming the (Insulin) Pump (Part 5)

Tara Dairman

Exubera Inhaled Insulin Discontinued

Eric Lagergren

Priming the (Insulin) Pump (Part 4)

Eric Lagergren

Priming the (Insulin) Pump (Part 3)

Jan Chait

In the Hospital, Resistance is Futile

Eric Lagergren

Priming the (Insulin) Pump (Part 2)

Eric Lagergren

Priming the (Insulin) Pump

David Spero

Answering Reader Questions

Jan Chait

Igor, Prepare the Lab

Tara Dairman

Article of the Week: To Pump, or Not to Pump?

Amy Campbell

Keeping Your Cool When it’s Hot!

Andy Stuckey

Distracted in Canada?

Andy Stuckey

Diabetic Superheroes and Villians

Andy Stuckey

How Much Lantus Should You Take?

Tara Dairman

Article of the Week: Selecting an Insulin Program for Type 1 Diabetes

Andy Stuckey

Which Insulin Pen is Mightier than the Sword?

Tara Dairman

Article of the Week: Go Ahead, Pick Your Pump

Tara Dairman

New Meter and Pump Models Hit the Market

Andy Stuckey

A New Device and Rotating Injection Sites

Jan Chait

Trying Times

Tara Dairman

Article of the Week: Getting Down to Basals

Tara Dairman

Inhaled Insulin Passes Test for Safety

Tara Dairman

What We’re Reading: Exubera Floundering?

Tara Dairman

Article of the Week: Exercising With an Insulin Pump

Tara Dairman

What We’re Reading: Interview With an Exubera User

Jan Chait

Symlin: Sometimes the Positives Outweigh the Negatives

Tara Dairman

Article of the Week: Understanding Insulin

Andy Stuckey

Family Projects and Sneaky Low Blood Glucose

Andy Stuckey

YouTube, Diabetes, and a Story

Tara Dairman

What We’re Reading: "His First Syringe"

Andy Stuckey

Schedules, Sleep, and the Usual Suspect

Jan Chait

Freedom at the End of a Leash

Tara Dairman

Accu-Chek Insulin Pump Hits U.S. Market

Jan Chait

Life After Insulin (Yes, There is One)

Jan Chait

Darned If I Can Think of One Reason…

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