Diabetes mellitus is a problem more and more people suffer from nowadays. There are two main types of diabetes – type 1 (when people’s bodies cannot produce enough insulin on their own) and type 2 ...

A century ago, type 1 diabetes was a death sentence. Children diagnosed rarely survived more than a year or two, wasting away as their bodies starved despite food. Then, in 1921, in a modest lab in ...

Almost everyone with type 1 diabetes, and many with type 2, uses rapid insulin, also called fast-acting or mealtime insulin, to manage their blood sugar levels. This is the insulin you take before ...

Insulin remains one of the most important treatments for people living with diabetes. Whether someone has Type 1 diabetes or advanced Type 2 diabetes, insulin therapy helps control blood sugar levels, ...

The FDA approved insulin-aspart-szjj (Merilog) as the first rapid-acting insulin biosimilar product to treat adults and children with diabetes, the agency announced Friday. Like its reference ...

This transcript has been edited for clarity. Silvio Inzucchi, MD: Welcome to Medscape InDiscussion. I'm Dr Silvio Inzucchi. This is episode number 6, and we've saved the best for last. We'll be ...

Due to a lack of suitable studies, it remains unclear whether children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes benefit more or less from long-term treatment with rapid-acting insulin analogues than with ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Inhaled insulin uptake has been slow since its FDA approval due in part to a lack of awareness among adults with ...

Treatments for people with type 1 diabetes have improved over the years, but many challenges remain. A substance called MicroGlucagon may help Norwegian University of Science and Technology Norwegians ...