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Insulin breakthrough could see end to needles for diabetics

A medical assistant holds an insulin pen administered to diabetes patients. Hungarian diabetics who fail to stick to their diet will be deprived of more modern treatments from July, under a government decree published Monday aimed at cutting health spending. (AFP Photo/Sajjad Hussain)

Breakthrough Australian research mapping how insulin works at a molecular level could open the door to novel new diabetes treatments, ending daily needle jabs for millions, scientists have announced. A Melbourne team have been able to lay out for the first time how the insulin hormone binds to the surface…

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Hungary to pull treatments from diabetics who don’t stick to diets

A medical assistant holds an insulin pen administered to diabetes patients. Hungarian diabetics who fail to stick to their diet will be deprived of more modern treatments from July, under a government decree published Monday aimed at cutting health spending. (AFP Photo/Sajjad Hussain)

Hungarian diabetics who fail to stick to their diet will be deprived of more modern treatments from July, under a government decree published Monday aimed at cutting health spending. Diabetics undergo a blood test on average every three months and those who score high levels of glycemia more than twice…

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