BackgroundType 2 diabetes is a progressive disorder and with time, it is appropriate for insulin therapy to be initiated in the majority of people. Insulin is commonly initiated with once-daily basal insulin. However, when glycaemic control becomes unsatisfactory despite the introduction of basal ...
Weekly Insulin May Be as Effective as Once Daily for Type 2 Diabetes Samantha Anderer JAMA. 2024;332(17):1417. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.20116 Full Text Slow-acting basal insulin, typically injected daily, can help stabilize glucose levels between meals in individuals with diabetes. But results fr...
Type 2 diabetes usually begins with insulin resistance. This means that your pancreas is making enough insulin, but your cells are not able to use it. When your cells don’t get the sugar they need, your pancreas works harder at first to make more insulin. But after a while, your ...
Insulin is a hormone that helps the body regulate sugar in the blood and is a key component of treatment for many patients with type 2 diabetes. Older adults who continue to use insulin are at greater risk of dangerouslylow blood sugar, or hypoglycemia; this can happen when people take too...
Under metabolic ward conditions, we investigated 21 moderately overweight men with type 2 diabetes. The patients had a mean age of 49.1 years, a mean body mass index (BMI) of 26.8 kg/m 2 , and a mean diabetes duration of 82.5 months. All patients were treated with diet alone. We ...
Insulin Resistance and Type 2 DiabetesFor well over half a century, the link between in-sulin resistance and type 2 diabetes has been recognized. Insulin resistance is important. Not only is it the most powerful predictor of future development of type 2 diabetes, it is also a therapeutic ...
skin, though there’s also a version that you inhale. If you havetype 1 diabetes, you need insulin because your pancreas no longer makes the hormone. If you havetype 2 diabetes, you may need insulin, though many people with this form of the disease can control their blood sugar without ...
Insulin therapy in type 2 diabetesJill Hill
Some patients with type 2 diabetes can control their disease for years yet avoid insulin injections by using multiple classes of oral diabetic medications, a new study found. The results were presented Sunday, June 15, at The Endocrine Society's 90th Annual Meeting in San Francisco. ...
Intensive Insulin Therapy for Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Type 2 diabetes is a common disorder often accompanied by numerous metabolic abnormalities leading to high risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Results from the UK Prospective Diabetes Study have confirmed that intensive gluco... SV...