Graves' disease (GD) is the leading cause of hyperthyroidism, and the majority of GD patients eventually develop disorders of glucose handling, which further affects their quality of life. Yangxin ...

Danbury’s Biodel Inc. says it signed up some 130 diabetics for the next leg of its ongoing study of the efficacy of its ultra-fast-acting synthetic insulin for regulating their blood sugar. Biodel CEO ...

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 ...

Insulin is expensive. Really expensive. Like hundreds-of-dollars per vial expensive. Expensive enough that some diabetes patients can’t afford their monthly dose. And now Walmart, of all companies, is ...

Insulin is a hormone your pancreas makes to lower blood glucose, or sugar. If you have diabetes, your pancreas either doesn't make enough insulin or your body doesn't respond well to it. Your body ...

Insulin is a hormone that allows glucose in the blood to enter cells, providing them with the energy to function. A lack of adequate insulin plays a key role in the development of diabetes. Hormones ...

Beta cells are cells in the pancreas. They are found in groups called islets. Beta cells create insulin, a hormone that regulates your blood glucose levels. When your blood glucose levels increase, ...