News tagged with insulin injection

Sotomayor tells how she deals with diabetes

(AP) -- Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor was seven years old and living in the South Bronx when she found she was thirsty all the time. Soon after, she started wetting her bed at night.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Jun 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

MU researchers pioneer animal diabetes treatment

Studies show the incidence of diabetes in dogs has increased 200 percent over the past 30 years. Now, University of Missouri veterinarians have changed the way veterinarians treat diabetes in animals by adapting ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Home urine test measures insulin production in diabetes

A simple home urine test has been developed which can measure if patients with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes are producing their own insulin. The urine test, from Professor Andrew Hattersley's Exeter-based team at the Peninsula ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Feb 24, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Girl's rare form of diabetes leads to injection-free treatment for some

Three years after she made medical history and was freed from painful insulin injections, 9-year-old Lilly Jaffe is just beginning to understand how much her story changed the course of diabetes research and treatment.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Sep 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1