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The islets of Langerhans play a crucial role in blood sugar regulation. Fayette A Reynolds/Berkshire Community College Bioscience Image Library via Flickr Diabetes develops when the body fails to ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has announced a new contract with nonprofit drugmaker Civica Rx, a move that brings the state one step closer to creating its own line of insulin to bring down the cost of ...

Starting Jan. 1, 2026, insulin is expected to be more accessible for Californians after Governor Gavin Newsom approved Senate ...

Many diabetics are finding the cost of staying alive to be increasingly out of reach. A Yale School of Medicine study published in HealthAffairs uncovered “catastrophic spending on insulin,” with more ...

Hannah Crabtree got active on Twitter in 2016 to find more people like herself: those with Type 1 diabetes who’d hacked their insulin pumps to automatically adjust the amount of insulin delivered.

There are about 37.3 million people, or 1 in 10, in the United States who have diabetes, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Reed Saxon AP Eli Lilly plans to slash the cost of ...

SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (WXYZ) — This is fantastic news! I know many patients that rely on insulin. And the rising costs have caused much stress and financial hardships ...

Consumers who are struggling to get discounted insulin due to pharmacy restrictions and red tape will soon have another option to order the life-saving medication needed by millions of people. Amazon ...

Diabetes develops when the body fails to manage its blood glucose levels. One form of diabetes causes the body to not produce insulin at all. Called Type 1 diabetes, or T1D, this autoimmune disease ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Vinny Negi, University of Pittsburgh (THE CONVERSATION) Diabetes develops when the ...