Type 1 diabetes mellitus patient always uses insulin. Insulin is also used by a type 2 patient in some conditions. These conditions includes rapid lose of body weight, high increase of blood sugar (severe hyperglycemia), ketoacidosis and failure use of oral hypoglycem...

An estimated 3,000 diabetics across Canada, including 23 in Thunder Bay, are being tested with a new insulin that is believed to reduce weight gain. Traditional treatments normally bring about an increase of weight, a spokesperson at the Port Arthur Port Arthur, cit...