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    What Messages Do Insulin (and Leptin) Send To The Brain

    A report in the April issue of Cell Metabolism offers new evidence to explain just what message insulin delivers to our brains. The study also shows that leptin, an appetite suppressant hormone produced in fat tissue, delivers at least a partially overlapping message to the neurons that...
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    Insulin Pumps Might Have Slight Advantage In Type 1 Diabetes

    A new evidence review suggests that using a pump to deliver insulin continuously instead of taking three or more daily injections might result in better control of blood sugar for people with type 1 diabetes. "The findings of this review tell us that both continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion...
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    My mom let my sister overdose on insulin right in front of her. Is this bad or...

    ...merciful? My sister lost her sight at age 23 from an infection in the hospital at the same time she had flesh eating infection and survuved a horrible experience. She was also type I diabetic. Ten years later, after living a pretty horrible existence, blind and insulin dependant she showed...
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    Insulin dependant gestational diabetes.....?

    I am thinking of a third pregnancy after already having gestational diabetes with my first two pregnancies the second pregnancy worse then the first.... i would like some information regarding the diabetes staying with me the more pregnancies i have and whether there is a chance i may have to...
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    how can i tell how much insulin is left in my animas ping?

    is there a setting or something that tells me the current insulin levels?
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    Diabetics Here's a Question about to much insulin.?

    Diabetics, Lets say before you go to bed, your blood sugar is to high, so you take just a little insulin to correct it, but you take one or 2 units to much. Than you go to bed. And durring the night your blood sugar dips to the point where you get that miserable shakey feeling. The question...
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    Seeking advise &/or informationon donating insulin.?

    I am aware this is a prescription drug. So I am open to suggestions and information from members of our community. Please help me donate this to a needy individual or organization. I remember when I was first diagnosed and had no health insurance. It cost about $400 retail for the insulin and...
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