Diabetes can affect every part of your life, but one of the most severe and dangerous complications is a diabetic coma. It’s a medical emergency that demands immediate attention, and if left untreated ...

"While our body finely tunes insulin production, patients who are treated with insulin or drugs that stimulate insulin secretion often experience hypoglycemia, a condition that if gone unrecognized ...

A diabetic coma, also called a diabetes-related coma, is what happens when a person with diabetes has a blood sugar level that becomes dangerously high or low. The person then becomes unconscious and ...

Excessive insulin can be just as deadly as a lack of insulin, according to a new study. However, there is also good news as researchers at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine ...

In a study conducted in rats, scientists have determined that drugs that block the action of a group of DNA-repair enzymes can protect brain cells from damage triggered by an overdose of insulin. If ...

Just over a century has passed since the discovery of insulin, a time period during which the therapeutic powers of the hormone have broadened and refined. Insulin is an essential treatment for type 1 ...

A natural, non-toxic byproduct of glucose may prevent brain cell death and cognitive impairment in diabetics following an episode of severely low blood sugar, according to researchers at the San ...

For a quarter-century, insulin has been the widely used, highly touted treatment for diabetes. This week, doctors were warned to go slow with it. Before the American Chemical Society in Atlantic City, ...