When you have Type 1 diabetes, you need to use insulin, a hormone normally produced in the pancreas, because your body doesn’t make it. Some people with Type 2 diabetes — but not all — also use ...

Regular (R) insulin is a short-acting, injectable insulin used for the management of diabetes. It is typically taken before meals to prevent glucose from rising after a person eats. Regular insulin is ...

When you eat sugar, your pancreas releases insulin — the digestive hormone that scuttles sugar into your cells to keep your blood sugar levels stable. Insulin helps prevent dangerously high blood ...

New research shows how zinc, pH levels and insulin work together to inhibit the buildup of protein clumps that contribute to Type 2 diabetes. An estimated 462 million people around the world suffer ...

A Garvan-led clinical trial has found that using a common and inexpensive type 2 diabetes drug reduces insulin needs in type ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom recently announced the state will begin making its own insulin to help lower the cost of the diabetes medication. WSJ explains how insulin got so expensive in the U.S. and ...

On a “bad diabetes day,” as Sammie Delaney Young calls it, her blood sugar level goes on a rollercoaster ride, even when she’s doing everything right. Young, 25, is one of approximately 3 million ...

Tirzepatide, a drug approved for diabetes and on the fast track for approval as a weight loss therapy, works through a unique ability to activate two different mechanisms the body uses to control ...

As healthcare costs rise and rise, the price of life-saving insulin drugs is unfortunately not getting lower. What complicates matters: Many people who are diabetic still struggle to find an ...