Insulin Pump Users

I got a DM newsletter that included an article from Research Report, ADA.
Thought I’d share the info:

NEW ADVANCES IN THE FIGHT AGAINST DIABETES

Reducing or eliminating the need for multiple daily insulin shots would be
welcome news for millions of Americans with diabetes. Unfortunately, insulin
cannot normally be taken by mouth because the pills are rendered useless as
a hormone when they are digested in the stomach. Sniffing insulin through
the nose has its own set of dosing problems, including local irritation and
erratic absorption - especially if the individual has a cold.

Now, thanks to research supported by the American Diabetes Association, the
first major clinical trials of a new inhaled form of insulin to treat people
with the two most common types of diabetes have been successfully completed.
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comes as an attachment and will worm its way into your email and send
itself to everyone in your address book. The email will say something like
"This is a love letter from me to you". You won’t get infected just by
reading the email - you have to download the attachment. So, don’t
download any attachments unless you know for certain what they are - for
example, a picture attachment, like a .jpg or .gif won’t carry it.