New guides alert you to the benefits and risks of treatments based on a review of the latest studies.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned today that potenially dangerous stolen vials of insulin are still on the market. Last June, 129,000 vials of the long-acting insulin Levemir made by Novo Nordisk, Inc. were stolen in North Carolina. Only 2 percent of the stolen vials have been recovered. The FDA said it has [...]
Medtronic, Inc. is recalling some of its Paradigm Quick-set infusion sets used with its MiniMed Paradigm insulin pumps. In a press release announcing the recall, the company said it recently discovered that approximately 2 percent of “Lot 8” Quick-set infusion sets may not work properly. “The affected infusion sets may not allow the insulin pump to [...]
Stolen vials of the long-acting insulin Levemir made by Novo Nordisk have reappeared and are now being sold in the U.S.. the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has learned. The insulin may be dangerous because the vials may not have been stored and handled properly, the FDA warns. Three lots or a total of 129,000 [...]
Adolescents with type 1 diabetes who use insulin pumps achieve better blood-sugar levels than do adolescents who use other methods, according to a new study. Those using insulin pumps also required fewer hospitalizations and emergency room visits, the study found. But even with the pump many children and teens still fail to achieve good blood-sugar [...]
The maker of ReliOn insulin syringes is recalling one lot of its sterile, single-use, disposable, hypodermic syringes with permanently affixed needles due to possible mislabeling that may lead to patients receiving an overdose of as much as 2.5 times the intended dose, the U.S. Food and Drug Agency reports.
In patients with type 1 diabetes, sometimes called juvenile-onset diabetes, tight control of blood sugars with insulin has been shown in clinical trials to reduce the risk of blindness, vascular disease and kidney problems that commonly develop with diabetes. These findings have led scientists to think that tight control of blood sugars would also reduce [...]
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