Insulin is a hormone your body makes that helps it control your blood sugar level and metabolism — the process that turns the food you eat into energy. Your pancreas makes insulin and releases it into ...

After over a decade with diabetes, this is my number-one tip for lowering blood glucose quickly. Here’s what the science and ...

“Type 5 diabetes is a newly recognized form of diabetes that emerges primarily from chronic undernutrition, especially during ...

For people living with type 1 diabetes, it pays to be good at math. Keeping blood glucose in a healthy range requires a constant stream of calculations: counting the carbs in each meal, and then ...

With type 1 diabetes, the body’s immune system attacks cells in the pancreas that produce the glucose-lowering hormone insulin. Without insulin to convert sugar into energy for cells, glucose levels ...

Researchers at Yale and the Weizmann Institute of Science have found the first evidence that the human fetus can spontaneously produce insulin outside the pancreas — in the small intestine, ...

The investigational insulin-only iLet Bionic Pancreas (Beta Bionics) reduced A1c without increasing hypoglycemia in adults and children with type 1 diabetes with greater automation than currently ...

Your pancreas works tirelessly to keep you healthy. However, daily habits can damage this vital organ. High sugar intake, ...

Pancreas transplants are rare, but they may help some people with type 1 diabetes produce insulin on their own. Learn the ...

The device marks a major step toward an "artificial pancreas." Medtronic plc announced it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of its MiniMed 670G system, the first Hybrid ...

Last year the FDA approved the first artificial pancreas for general use. The technology is designed to automatically monitor and inject insulin as needed, in patients with type 1 diabetes. Now a team ...