Danbury’s Biodel Inc. says it signed up some 130 diabetics for the next leg of its ongoing study of the efficacy of its ultra-fast-acting synthetic insulin for regulating their blood sugar. Biodel CEO ...

Graves' disease (GD) is the leading cause of hyperthyroidism, and the majority of GD patients eventually develop disorders of glucose handling, which further affects their quality of life. Yangxin ...

"Insulin resistance isn't a disease on its own, but it's a condition that can cause a range of many other health problems." ...

A century ago, type 1 diabetes was a death sentence. Children diagnosed rarely survived more than a year or two, wasting away as their bodies starved despite food. Then, in 1921, in a modest lab in ...

Insulin is expensive. Really expensive. Like hundreds-of-dollars per vial expensive. Expensive enough that some diabetes patients can’t afford their monthly dose. And now Walmart, of all companies, is ...

Insulin is a hormone that allows glucose in the blood to enter cells, providing them with the energy to function. A lack of adequate insulin plays a key role in the development of diabetes. Hormones ...

Has your doctor prescribed insulin to help manage your type 1 or type 2 diabetes? You’ll want to know how and when to take it, what side effects could happen, and what other changes you may need to ...

Insulin helps regulate blood sugar in type 2 diabetes when your body can’t use its own insulin effectively. Different types of insulin, such as rapid-acting and long-acting, affect the body ...

Insulin is a hormone that the pancreas produces to help transport sugar from the blood into cells. For a person with diabetes, either their body does not produce enough insulin, or it cannot use it ...