Insulin not the only way to treat diabetes: Study

(Source: Toronto Sun, 10 February 2011)
A new study may have found a way for people with type-1 diabetes to forgo time-consuming and costly insulin injections. The study, out of the UT Southwestern Medical Center, suggests suppressing a single hormone might eliminate the need for insulin. Injecting the hormone insulin has long been the only way for people with type-1 diabetes to regulate their blood-sugar levels, but it's never been enough on its own to treat the disease. But the new research, published in the journal Diabetes, suggests the hormone glucagon might play a far more important role in regulating glucose levels than insulin does. Read more