Unless you’re on pump therapy, there’s no getting around the fact that insulin therapy requires daily injections. A recent survey of people with diabetes by the American Association of Diabetes Educators reveals that discomfort caused by injections can directly affect how closely a patient follows insulin therapy. According to Medtronic, you can, in theory, reduce the number of injections needed for fast-acting insulin in a month from 120 to 10 with the device. MORE >>

Researchers at North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have are looking at nanoparticles and ultrasound as a way to do away with the need for daily injections of insulin via syringes and needles MORE >>

After we published our series on workplace discrimination, we received this question on Facebook: Are there laws that prohibit a person with diabetes from testing or injecting insulin in the breakroom at work? I was asked to inject in the restroom instead of the breakroom. The short answer is that there is no law that we are aware of that would prevent you from testing your blood sugar or injecting insulin in the breakroom. MORE >>

I asked her about her injection sites and how they were feeling. She stated that her arms were sore and she was experiencing pain while injecting. I asked her to show me her injection sites so I could examine them; she rolled up her sleeve and showed me two large lumps on each of her forearms A patient of mine with type 2 diabetes had recently started on Lantus. MORE >>

Q: Is it common to get bruises at the site of injection? A: There are many reasons that an injection site might develop a bruise. Try some of these techniques to decrease the chances of bruising: Ice the injection site for about 30 to 60 seconds prior to giving the injection.The cold helps to shrink away the capillary blood vessels which may get punctured during a shot. Make sure you are injecting at a 90 degree angle to your skin, and not on a slant. MORE >>