Tips for Taking Insulin Anywhere

You've carefully calculated the right dose based upon what you're eating and how much you're exercising. But do you know exactly how (and where) your insulin should be stored? A lot depends upon the temperature, experts say.

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Novo Nordisk makes progress with oral insulin

Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk the world's biggest insulin maker, said on Wednesday it is making progress in developing a tablet form of the drug -- a holy grail of diabetes therapy.

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Research Points to New Way to Treat Type 2 Diabetes: Insulin First

Three years into a six-year study and researchers have reported that the standard treatment for patients with Type 2 diabetes may have to be turned on its head.

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Novo Nordisk Wins Design Award for NovoTwist Needle

Novo Nordisk has been awarded a Good Design Award for NovoTwist(TM), the new needle designed for use with the insulin delivery device FlexPen(R). The needle, which has a simple 'just twist' attachment and detachment, makes injection easier for people with diabetes.

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Insulin therapy effective, accepted in patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes

A new study shows that insulin-based therapy was safe, effective, well accepted and did not cause greater weight gain or hypoglycemia in patients newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.

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Insulin reverses elderly muscle loss

Insulin may help turn back the clock on elderly muscle loss, U.S. researchers said.

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Ask the Expert: What steps do we have to take to get off all insulin and get back on oral medications again?

What steps do we have to take to get off all insulin and get back on oral medications again? I want to feel the way I used to with this disease and still keep the numbers down as well as the weight.

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Study Investigates Starting with Insulin for Newly Diagnosed Type 2

New study shows that newly diagnosed Type 2 patients do well on insulin -- without weight gain or low blood sugar episodes.

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FDA: Stolen insulin creates public health risk

The saga on that Levemir insulin stolen in June continues...

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Medingo Introduces Solo(TM) MicroPump Tubeless Insulin Delivery System

Medingo US, Inc. introduced a brand new miniature, tube-free insulin delivery system, the Solo MicroPump, at the American Association of Diabetes Educators Meeting in Atlanta, GA, August 5-8, 2009.

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