Insulin

Insulin Underground Exchanges

Not pandemic-proof: Insulin copay caps fall short, fueling underground exchanges

Penn researchers advance potential cure for type 1 diabetes

Penn Diabetes Islet

Health Insurance

Insulin is just one factor driving up health care costs for diabetics

Cost of diabetes-related supplies

Insulin costs far less on Craigslist – but it's a risky purchase for diabetics, health experts say

Medtronic recalling 322,000 defective insulin pumps

Medtronic Insulin Pump recall diabetes

Health Insurance

Type 1 diabetics decry rising costs of life-saving insulin

Diabetes Forum Insulin Costs

Is insulin’s high cost keeping diabetes patients from taking their medicine?

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Health Insurance

Cigna and Express Scripts to cap out-of-pocket insulin costs

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Eli Lilly’s half-price insulin: How much difference will it make?

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Turns out, you can't actually catch up on sleep, according to this study

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Diabulimia is a serious eating disorder that most people have never heard of

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Snail venom boasts potentially blood-sugar balancing qualities to treat Type 1 diabetes, study suggests

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Alternative Medicine

Major breakthrough in search for cure of Type 1 diabetes, researchers say

Doctor takes a patient's blood pressure

A new study predicts global insulin shortage by 2030, leaving 40 million diabetics without

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