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(Reuters Health) - A warning for people who use insulin pens: Not shaking your NPH insulin pen before injecting can result in wide variations in your insulin level and blood sugar control, researchers ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A U.S. hospital reduced insulin pen waste by 18.3% after bolstering education efforts and medical alerts. Costs ...
Medtronic's launch of a new version of its smart insulin pen with integrated continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) is the first such "connected" device for use by people with diabetes who use multiple ...
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is calling on Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk and Sanofi to immediately reduce the price of insulin pens to $1 per device in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Pens are ...
Due to continuing patient safety problems, ISMP suggests hospitals stop using insulin pens in an inpatient setting, as they were originally intended for ambulatory care. “Other problems such as using ...
A new reusable insulin injector pen combined with a smartphone app that helps insulin-dependent diabetes patients calculate their doses and keeps track of injection data is now available in the United ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The FDA granted 510(k) clearance for a first-of-its-kind connected smart cap for insulin pens, recommending ...
Medtronic and Novo Nordisk have agreed to integrate their digital offerings for people with diabetes, including the sharing of data between continuous glucose monitoring devices and smart insulin pens ...
OLEAN, N.Y. -- A second western New York hospital is notifying patients that they may have been exposed to HIV, hepatitis B or hepatitis C through the improper sharing of insulin pens, hospital ...
Californians will be able to buy five packs of insulin pens for a maximum of $55 per pack, or $11 per pen, starting Jan. 1. The insulin is from a state-branded form of the medicine, CalRx. Lawmakers ...
A Stamford lawyer has filed a class-action lawsuit against Griffin Hospital in Derby on behalf of more than 3,100 former patients who may face HIV or other blood-borne diseases as a result of hospital ...