Medics have warned that some asthma sufferers using blue inhalers could be putting their health at risk. More than seven million Brits are living with asthma, according to Asthma and Lung UK.

Anyone with type 1 diabetes will always need to take a combination of an intermediate – or long-acting insulin and a short-acting insulin via a pen device (unless they have one of the new insulin ...

What is the pen all about? It is a pre-filled insulin pen containing insulin aspart, a fast-acting insulin analog. It helps glucose get into cells for energy, lowering blood sugar levels. It should be ...

Pre-mixed insulin is a combination of fast-acting and slow-acting insulin, and Novo has been the leader for decades in this. “Mixtard 'pen' variant was easy to administer and has been one of the most ...

Some diabetes patients in the US have this year pushed back against the company’s decision to stop selling its long-acting insulin Levemir, which is an analogue insulin. They say the move has left ...

Lauren Plunkett, RDN, LD, CDCES, a registered dietitian and certified diabetes care and education specialist, says, “Dietary fat profoundly impacts insulin action over time. In the short term ...

Methods: In two randomized, open-label, placebo-controlled, five-period-crossover studies, patients with type 1 DM received preprandial injections of pramlintide, short-acting insulin, and long ...

Roy W. Beck and colleagues from the JAEB Center for Health Research, Tampa, Florida, USA, highlight the rapid onset of action of inhaled Technosphere Insulin (TI, Afrezza) compared to rapid-acting ...