BOSTON — A bill that would authorize “common sense” services such as insulin injections in assisted living facilities would help to lessen the burden on the nursing home system, policymakers say. A ...

A quarter of newly admitted nursing home residents who receive insulin for type 2 diabetes are treated using a contested regimen, a new study of Veterans Affairs facilities finds. Up to 33% of ...

The Global Impact of Diabetes Diabetes is a significant health concern that is rapidly increasing around the world. Current ...

A team has developed a new step to improve the process for creating insulin-producing pancreatic cells from a patient's own stem cells, bringing the prospect of injection-free treatment closer for ...

Insulin icodec, a once-weekly basal injection to treat type 1 diabetes, has the potential to be as effective in managing the condition as daily basal insulin treatments, according to research from the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Weekly insulin shots can help control both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes as well as daily injections do, a pair of clinical trials ...

Weekly insulin injections can control type 1 and type 2 diabetes just as well as daily shots, according to two new studies. Two phase 3 trials presented Tuesday at the European Association for the ...

For over a century, scientists have chased the dream of insulin pills, but the digestive system kept destroying the drug before it could work—forcing millions of patients to rely on daily injections.