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 ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A group of experts updated the FITTER insulin injection recommendations for the first time since 2016. The ...
Incorporating insulin into your daily life can take some getting used to. From packing your on-the-go bag to prepping your syringe or insulin pen, here are tips to get you started. Insulin may be one ...
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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 ...
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 ...
Subcutaneous (subQ or SQ) injections are shots given in the fatty tissue layer (subcutaneous fat) under your skin. Your skin has many layers, and the subcutaneous layer is beneath the epidermis and ...
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 ...