Eli Lilly is cutting insulin prices and capping copays at $35 – 5 questions answered

The drugmaker’s move responded to the growing competition that has shaken up the insulin market in recent years.

Karen Van Nuys, Executive Director of the Value of Life Sciences Innovation program; Fellow at the USC Schaeffer Center, University of Southern California • conversation
March 3, 2023 ~8 min

Eating more during the holidays? Don’t mistake Oreo calories for olive calories.

As America grows fatter, scientists continue to debate the causes of the obesity crisis, while the founder of Children’s Hospital’s weight clinic says the predominant “cut calories” approach may have the problem backward.

Alvin Powell • harvard
Dec. 9, 2022 ~10 min


How a sedentary, sugary period affects the body

A look at vascular insulin resistance shows how six cans of soda a day and being more sedentary affect men's and women's bodies.

Eric Stann-Missouri • futurity
Oct. 28, 2022 ~4 min

Bionic pancreas delivers the right dose of insulin on its own

A clinical trial finds a bionic pancreas device that autonomously delivers insulin in the right dose improves type 1 diabetes management.

Boston University • futurity
Oct. 17, 2022 ~10 min

Anti-insulin protein drives queen ant longevity

Queen ants live a lot longer than workers. A new study indicates that protein that suppresses insulin plays a role in their longevity.

Rachel Harrison-NYU • futurity
Sept. 2, 2022 ~7 min

More dogs are diagnosed with diabetes in winter

Diabetes diagnoses in dogs are more common in colder areas of the United States and during the winter, researchers report.

Katherine Unger Baillie-Penn • futurity
Aug. 17, 2022 ~6 min

Root extract may treat type 2 diabetes

An extract from the Rhodiola rosea plant shows promise as a safe and effective alternative to drug therapy to manage type 2 diabetes, researchers say.

Pat Harriman-UC Irvine • futurity
Aug. 16, 2022 ~5 min

Cost of insulin in US is ‘catastrophic’ for many

Many people with diabetes in the US spend at least 40% of their postsubsistence income—what is available after paying for food and housing—on insulin.

Fred Mamoun-Yale • futurity
July 20, 2022 ~8 min


Is intermittent fasting the diet for you? Here's what the science says

Proponents of intermittent fasting say the clock can help you win the battle of the bulge. But the science behind it is a little more complicated.

McKale Montgomery, Assistant Professor of Nutritional Sciences, Oklahoma State University • conversation
May 19, 2022 ~9 min

Nonprofit drugmaker Civica Rx is taking aim at the high insulin prices harming people with diabetes

About 1 in 4 Americans with diabetes who need insulin struggle to pay for this lifesaving drug.

Jing Luo, Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences • conversation
May 9, 2022 ~7 min

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