Insulin Therapy Center

Researchers assess the safety of intranasal insulin as a treatment for type 2 diabetes-associated cognitive impairment in aging adult populations. 

Real-world data for the Medtronic Extended-Wear Infusion Set revealed at the 81st American Diabetes Association scientific session.

The GRADE Study is the most comprehensive study comparing multiple diabetic medications to assess efficacy in type 2 diabetes. So which drug therapy reigned supreme?

Several warnings have been issued by the CDC regarding unsafe practices that might result in the transmission of hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and other infectious diseases during assisted blood glucose monitoring and insulin administration.

A century after the discovery of insulin, new insulins, new devices, and other innovations may again change the future of treatment for type 1 diabetes.

The pancreas secretes both insulin and amylin, so should an artificial pancreas system provide insulin and pramlintide?

Intensive insulin therapy may speed up the development of diabetic retinopathy, placing some patients at a higher risk for blindness. 

I asked a patient with erratic glucose levels where he usually gave his insulin injections to which he responded, "In my arms." I asked, "Could you show me where?" The patient promptly rolled up his sleeves and pointed to the vein in his antecubital space.

The FDA cleared The Bigfoot Unity AI Diabetes Management System by Bigfoot Biomedical for T1D & T2D management in patients of 12 or older.  

The use of insulin to treat type 2 diabetes patients is growing, but does its risk for hypoglycemia impact cardiovascular health?