Type 2 diabetes is a major burden on systems in the entire world. It is especially prevalent among older men, who typically don’t follow healthy diets, don’t exercise and generally don’t take good care of themselves. Now a team of scientists led by the University of Adelaide found that two years of testosterone might help...
by Taylor Kubota, Stanford University Researchers at Stanford University are developing a new insulin formulation that begins to take effect almost immediately upon injection, potentially working four times as fast as current commercial fast-acting insulin formulations. The researchers focused on so-called monomeric insulin, which has a molecular structure that, according to theory, should allow it...
by University of New South Wales The use of pregabalin, a medicine for neuropathic pain, is relatively common among a sample of people who regularly inject drugs (PWID) in Australia, a new study by researchers at the National Drug and Alcohol Research Center (NDARC), UNSW Sydney has found. In a sample of 905 participants from...
A University of Wisconsin–Madison alumnus is now selling a patented device to help diabetics safely and easily inject insulin with just one hand. Once the Steady Shot device is mounted on a standard insulin injector, its two plastic wings compress the skin, raising a bulge of fat to receive the injection. Fat is the target...
