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The Types of Basal Insulin
The beta cells that live in the pancreas normally secrete insulin into the blood stream 24 hours a day. They do this according to two general patterns. First, there is basal insulin secretion. This supplies a constant and low level of insulin to the body over a full 24-hour period, regardless of whether food is...
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The Answers to Your Questions About Continuous Glucose Monitors
Following the live webinar The Info Hiding in Your Continuous Glucose Monitor Readings, our team collected your questions and recorded a Q&A session with Dr. Alice Cheng. In this session, the following questions about CGMs are answered: What information does a CGM summarize? Where is the best place on the body to wear a...
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Webinar Recap: Preventing Type 1 Diabetes
For a long time, doctors had to wait until someone got really sick before they could diagnose them with Type 1 Diabetes (T1D). By that time, the body had mostly stopped making insulin, and the patient had to start taking insulin shots right away. But today, we are entering a brand-new era. Scientists have figured...
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Aging and Diabetes – How Do We Slow It Down?
Many articles and videos on this platform discuss the long-term health effects of diabetes. The bottom-line is that people with diabetes have a higher chance of getting a wide variety of serious health problems over time. The most serious ones are blindness, kidney failure, heart attacks, heart failure, strokes, amputations, dementia, cancers, and some infections....
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Timing Is Everything: How Circadian Rhythms Shape β-Cell Function
We often think of pancreatic β-cells as simple glucose sensors that detect glucose and release insulin in response. But in reality, they behave more like highly trained performers following a daily script. That script is written by the body’s internal clock and is known as the circadian rhythm. Circadian rhythms are 24-hour cycles controlled by specialized...
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How Do CFTR Modulator Therapies Help Insulin-Producing Cells in Cystic Fibrosis?
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a genetic disease caused by mutations in a protein called CFTR. This protein controls the movement of salt and water into and out of cells throughout the body. The protein does not work properly in people with cystic fibrosis. Although this typically causes serious lung disease, the protein is also involved...