For diabetics, taking the sting out of insulin
Saturday, August 14, 2010 - 11:42
in Health & Medicine
Two systems that could get insulin into the bloodstream (oral spray, inhaler) are in the latter stages of clinical trials and may make syringes obsolete. Physicians hear a common refrain from patients with Type 2 diabetes: "Not the needle! Not yet. Give me three more months. I'll be good!" So they try with renewed vigor to control their disease without insulin through diet,...