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Insulin production (after type 1 diabetes diagnosis) may continue for decades by Elizabeth S. Posted Tue 21 Feb 2012 10:27pm Could a recent study help us understand why so many patients with type 1 diabetes seem to avoid complications, and why others (including many type 2 patients who aim for control) seem to suffer? In the March issue of Diabetes Care (Diabetes Care March 2012 vol. 35 no. 3 465-470), researchers found that, [...] Read on »

FDA Let Scientists With Drug-Company Ties Evaluate New Insulin Product by Connie Bennett Healthy Living Professional

Posted Thu 18 Dec 2008 8:14pm The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) allowed scientists with direct financial ties to Pfizer serve on an advisory committee to evaluate the drug company's proposed insulin inhaler, Exubera, according to the Center for Science in the Public Interest. The New York Times also discusses the issue of conflict of interest about Exubera in an a ... Read on »

Twenty Percent Of Adults Taking Insulin Regularly Skip Insulin Doses by John Shelmet Medical Doctor

Posted Mon 05 Apr 2010 5:41am More than half (57%) of adult patients taking insulin will purposely skip a dose on occasion and 20% do so routinely. This information is based on a survey of 502 American adult diabetics. The sampling was weighted to be "representative of insulin-using U.S. adults with diabetes". Type 2 diabetics made up 77% of the survey that was reported in ... Read on »

Insulin, Brain Function And Alzheimer’s Disease - Is Insulin Resistance To Blame For Alzheimer’s? by Ralph S. Certified Nurse Specialist

Posted Mon 22 Sep 2008 10:54am By Ralph Sanchez, L.Ac.,CNS,D.Hom Insulin fulfills an indispensable role in your body’s utilization of blood sugar (glucose). In type 2 diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome, insulin’s function of glucose uptake into the body’s cells is impaired due to a resistance to insulin that develops over time. This insulin resistance pattern which defines the ... Read on »

Insulin Users and TSA - Insulin Users GET OVER YOURSELVES! by Kathleen Patient Expert

Posted Mon 04 Jan 2010 6:38am I have refused to fly since becoming an insulin users. It takes me three months to use up a bottle via joscafe.com Seriously. I am getting SO pissed off over all the indigent diabetes who are upset about the TSA rules. I've had to deal with TSA rules for several years and have to deal with a full pat down and full swabbin ... Read on »

Insulin Therapy and Alzheimer’s – Could Cyclodextrin Sugar Act on Insulin and Glucose Metabolism? by Chris H. Posted Sun 10 Apr 2011 10:11pm Recently reports in the news shows how insulin therapy may be a treatment for Alzheimer’s. Basically, a low dose of insulin has been found to suppress the expression in the blood of four precursor proteins involved in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease, according to research by University ... Read on »

To insulin or not to insulin | The Poor Diabetic by Kathleen Patient Expert

Posted Mon 20 Sep 2010 5:45pm Wimp! You think you have needle phobia? Trying watching a doctor stitch your face with no pain killer in the ER? Or a second time, while doped up on valium. GET OVER IT and do it. Seriously, I do. I do have to "shoot up" without watching. If I see the needle, I don't do well, and there are some infusions sets I just can ... Read on »

Insulin Spritz, Is Insulin the Magic Bullet for Alzheimer's? by Bob DeMarco Patient Expert

Posted Tue 13 Sep 2011 10:26am People want to know, what is going on with this Insulin spray, and the use of Insulin to treat Alzheimer's disease? Is this the magic bullet. By Bob DeMarco Alzheimer's Reading Room I received nine emails already asking about the reports circulating widely and rapidly across the national media about the use of Insulin Spray t ... Read on »

Berberine herb - effect on insulin sensitivity, insulin release by Dr. John Z. Medical Doctor

Posted Mon 03 Nov 2008 11:05am WJGnet.com - Berberine, the major active constituent of the Chinese herb Rhizoma Coptidis, has been used to treat diabetes for decades, showing obvious therapeutic actions with few reported side effects. The therapeutic actions of berberine on diabetes have been well studied. Previous researches show that berberine modulates cholesterol through inc ... Read on »

Mannkind Submits Afresa –Inhaled Insulin Device/Drug to the FDA by Medical Quack Patient Expert

Posted Wed 20 May 2009 10:34am It’s been a while since we heard about insulin that can be inhaled, as Pfizer abandoned their drug called Exubera, which everyone somewhat commented that it looked more like a bong. You can see from the picture here, this one does not look like a bong and is much smaller in size. Incase you missed any of the stories about it from a while back an ... Read on »