On Sunday in Chicago, Dr. Athena Philis-Tsimikas, vice president of San Diego’s Scripps Whittier Diabetes Institute in La Jolla, helped deliver positive news for the estimated 7 million Americans who ...
Some patients with type 2 diabetes will be able to switch from daily insulin injections to this first-of-its-kind once-weekly ...
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Insulin Dos and Don’ts

If youre on insulin to treat type 1 or type 2 diabetes, its critical to know exactly how to use it. Insulin can be a very dangerous drug if used improperly, says Stanley Mathew, MD, an endocrinologist ...
The FDA has approved Awiqli, the first once‑weekly long‑acting basal insulin, for adults with type 2 diabetes, which offers ...
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 ...