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Alpha cells in the pancreas can be induced in living mice to quickly and efficiently become insulin-producing beta cells when the expression of just two genes is blocked, according to a study led by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Studies of human pancreases from...

Hi my name is Simon, I have been type 2 for 15 years, on tablets, I have just come back from my referral and I now need insulin injections, im so scared, I don't know what to expect im afraid of hypos, can I go on holiday? Feeling really shocked and down

Hi im Simon, new here just been told i need insulin injections, i so worried, feeling down.

Hi, So my best friend and I are planning on going travelling for a year (maybe 18 months) around most of Asia and Australia and NZ. So I need help on what to do about my medication!! I have lots of medical conditions including type 1 diabetes. I've just been to see my GP and she said she can...

At Toronto General Hospital, 14-year-old Canadian Leonard Thompson becomes the first person to receive an insulin injection as treatment for diabetes. Diabetes has been recognized as a distinct medical condition for more than 3,000 years, but its exact cause was a mystery until the 20th century...

Physical activity benefits diabetics and others with insulin resistance. One of the reasons is that a single bout of physical activity increases the effectiveness of insulin. Thus, physical activity helps to reduce the risk of developing diabetes, while also reducing the effects of diabetes if...

Replacing a hydrogen atom by an iodine atom in insulin, the hormone retains its efficacy but is available more rapidly to the organism. Researchers at the University of Basel were able to predict this effect based on computer simulations and then confirm it with experiments. The results have...

SYDNEY - A nurse at an Australian nursing home who gave lethal insulin injections to two elderly residents who had complained about her was sentenced on Friday to 36 years in prison, the second such case in less than a week. Megan Haines, 49, was sentenced in the New South Wales state Supreme...

Hi guys. First time poster here. I was dxd 14 years ago and have been managing ok. Although my insulin doses were ridiculousy high. (75 Units of novorapid per meal) i was managing ok. I have recently moved my injection sites to just above my belly button instead of in my lower stomache...

Hello! my name is Lauren, I'm new to the forum but I have had type one for 5 years since the age of 15. I have been advised to consult this forum for some advice. It would seem that I have lost my hypo symptoms. Usually I can tell that I'm hypo because of shaking/sweating but recently I've had...

Hi All, After 18 months of being told "you're type 2" and "your HBA1C has gone back up, take another tablet" (see my previous post for more details https://forum.diabetes.org.uk/boards/threads/should-i-ask-f-or-insulin.62458/page-2#post-644621) I have finally got somewhere! I was due to see my...

Senator Bernie Sanders is going after insulin makers. On Tuesday, Sanders posted a series of tweets calling out the companies that make insulin, in particular Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk for their "greed" and "outrageous profits." Insulin is a hormone that helps people absorb and process the...

A Sydney GP accused of injecting his wife with a lethal dose of insulin said he left home after an argument and when he returned she was dead. Brian Kenneth Crickitt told detectives he left the couple's Woodbine home in Sydney's southwest about 2am on New Year's Day 2010 after an argument in...

A registered nurse, accused of murdering two elderly women at a northern New South Wales nursing home, says she cannot remember a conversation in which she allegedly boasted about knowing how to kill someone with insulin. Megan Haines is charged with the murders of Marie Darragh, 82, and...

Hello all. I have been living with Type 1 Diabetes for 5 years now. I have recently decided to take a career break in order to backpack and travel across the world for 12 months. I am slightly apprehensive about travelling over such a long period of time with my condition however Diabetes should...

Evening all. I am currently on the maximum dose of Metformin and also 100mg of Sitagliptin. I'm apparently Type 2. Over the past few weeks I have been getting lots of headaches and feeling tired, and a blood tests I've done myself have given readings dancing between 12 and 24. An example of...

YORK, PA (WHTM) – Nearly 30 million people have diabetes in America, and the price for the lifesaving drug insulin tripled in a 10-year period. Now, some patients are finding the drug has jumped in price again “I went to pick up my prescription where I always do, and for the last six or seven...

Hello, I don't post often but am a long time browser of this forum. I'm a type 1 diabetic who has currently had an insulin pump for approx the last six years - pumping using NovoRapid for both background basal rates and also boluses. I remember when I first went on an insulin pump, being in...

At meal time today my blood reading was 4.1. What would you normally do in this situation in terms of taking insulin and eating? Would you treat for a hypo and then eat/inject or would you simply inject and eat as per normal and not treat for a hypo as "technically" it isn't?

Hi - At my most recent review, I discussed with my consultant that I felt my control had been sliding, but that my requirement for insulin later in the day seemed to be increasing, something I hate doing given the inherent issues with weight gain etc. We decided to give it a few months and...