Giving yourself an injection can seem intimidating and complicated. But these simple techniques should make you comfortable in no time. Let's start with the essentials. You'll need a new syringe ...

Rapid-acting insulin is injected at the same time as a meal is being consumed. The peak will occur no later than 90 minutes after injection. Finally, GLP-1 helps regulate blood sugar levels by ...

Sorensen told the Financial Times pharmaceuticals and biotechnology conference in London that the pill requires 50 times more insulin inside it than an injection to allow it to be absorbed through ...

Life with diabetes usually includes many injections of the blood sugar–controlling hormone insulin. Recent research investigating a once-weekly shot finds it might help lessen the burden a bit ...

A large proportion of the estimated 422 million people with diabetes worldwide require insulin injections. But excess insulin can cause blood-sugar levels to dip too low, a condition called ...

Weekly insulin shots can help control both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes as well as daily injections do, a pair of clinical ...

NovoPen ®, the first insulin pen injector, was introduced in 1985. This article reviews the published evidence over two decades of use of the NovoPen ® family of injection devices in diabetes ...

Hines explained the difference. She says, “Type 1 diabetes is a disorder where your pancreas no longer makes insulin and therefore you have to give insulin injections in order to be able to live. Type ...

If these sheets work effectively, the technology could spare diabetes patients from the troublesome task of taking daily insulin injections. The team includes scientists from Kyoto University’s ...