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Genentech scientists help clone the gene for human insulin...
Less belly fat means lower levels of insulin and bad cholesterol. So, even if your exercise routine isn't registering big on the scale, rest assured that it's still doing you a lot of good. --By Sora Song
...natural to be depressed about having a chronic, potentially fatal illness, but that doesn't entirely explain the discrepancy. Moreover, depressed diabetics are much more likely than those without depression to suffer complications including heart disease, nerve damage and blindness. Somehow depression makes the body less responsive to insulin, the hormone that processes blood sugar--plausibly through the action of cortisol, a hormone that can interfere with insulin sensitivity and that is often elevated in depressed patients...
...stayed secluded in her bedroom while my brother and I kept to our routine of going to school, cooking our own meals and finishing our homework. By the time I was in middle school, the most interaction I had with her each day was giving her insulin shots in the morning before going to school and in the evening after dinner. With my older sister already out of the house for medical school, and my dad working 60-hour weeks at gas stations, restaurants and grocery stores to support us, what most people would call a normal family life...
...It’s like brushing your teeth,” explains Murphy, who talks about the condition just as nonchalantly as he administers each of the four shots of insulin he requires per day. After those 10 minutes pass, Murphy will run back out onto the field, primed for the next big play...