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 ...

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 ...

The diabetes playbook just got a major update. The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) officially recognized a fifth form ...

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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.

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 ...

SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (WXYZ) — This is fantastic news! I know many patients that rely on insulin. And the rising costs have caused much stress and financial hardships ...

American pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly has slashed the price of most of its insulin by 70 percent, capping out-of-pocket costs for patients at $35 or less per month. On March 1, Eli Lilly announced ...

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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