Dr. Hirsch answers the question: 'Pros and Cons of Different Insulin Types?' — -- Question:What are the pros and cons of various types of insulins? Answer:I don't think we should think of insulin ...

SaveHealth reports that insulin therapy is crucial for diabetes management, with various options available, including rapid- and long-acting insulins.

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 ...

Why, nearly 100 years after the discovery of insulin, are no low-priced generic versions available? The complicated answer to that question is explored in a special article published in the March 19 ...