#Insulin

Just as a reminder, the doctors who discovered insulin, Frederick Banting and Charles Best, sold their patent for $1 because they felt it would be immoral to profit from such

Miss InsulinDependent

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How it started: vs. How it’s going: I apologize for not using alt text. Image description: side by side pictures of the same vial of Humalog insulin, the

Dr. Om Lakhani, MD, DNB (ENDO)

#MedTwitter #ClinicalPearlSwitching from IV insulin to subcutaneous insulin 101.. 1. Calculate the total insulin requirement over the past 6-12 hours on a stable IV insulin dose 2. Extrapolate the value

L. Amber O'Hearn

Idle hypothesis: If metabolic syndrome makes one more vulnerable to covid-19 via insulin resistance reducing the ability of the immune system to leverage insulin action, then perhaps giving insulin could

Allanah_Morales

I find it ironic that laws were placed to stop price gouging of items such as sanitizer & disinfectant bc it is (obviously) wrong to prey on people when they’re

Tonight I watched my parents figure out which credit card would give them enough gas money to take them to a cancer specialist out of town who could save my

Diabetes UK Research

Pre-lunch time, we're checking in on some of the poster presentations from #EASD2020. First up, Dr Meera Ladwa discusses how fat in the pancreas affects insulin release differently in black

I have watched diabetics die from lack of insulin. People I knew, not just strangers. I have lost dignity because I could not afford to keep myself alive. I have

last night during the presidential debate, trump argued that his policies made insulin so cheap that it is “like water”, which is something that couldn’t be further from the truth.

The Trump administration and every health care industry group were quick to hype the Medicare insulin plan as a win for everyone. Let's pump the brakes on this one.https://www.axios.com/medicare-insulin-model-trump-pharma-insurance-5779

how to fix a slow metabolism – a thread scientific proven facts: 1. dieting slows metabolism and increases hunger and cravingswhen you diet, your metabolism slows down and in other

As someone with type 1 diabetes in America it is incredibly disparaging sometimes thinking about how much freedom has been taken away from me because of insulin and healthcare costs,

Once I went onto r/capitalism with a throwaway account and said my great uncle died in the Soviet Union because he was not given the medications he needed to survive.

This is me and my mom. She's a type I diabetic. She was diagnosed with LADA (latent autoimmune diabetes in adults) in 2013, as well as Hashimoto's hypothyroiditis. She is

I think i saw somewhere in the thread somebody’s asking,Kenapa patient DM on regular insulin (basal/bolus) tak jadi hypoK?Jawapan dia, sebab different route of administration. HypoK is commonly associated with

How fasting improves blood markers of metabolic syndrome?-Insulin sensitivity-Blood sugar-Blood pressure-TriglycerideThe worsen these markers the closer you are to death.//Thread// Your body produces insulin whenever you eat basically. The