Medical students at Memorial University are urging the province to remove the age restriction on an insulin pump program offered by the government. Type 1 diabetes patients in Newfoundland and ...

A recent story in a Newfoundland paper, the Western Star, features the smiling face of Liam Marche with his government-supplied insulin pump. Liam's mother, Barb Marche, told the paper that within 12 ...

People with diabetes are calling on Newfoundland and Labrador's government to make a change they say will protect their health and save the province more than a million dollars. They want MCP to pay ...

Canadian researchers become first to identify potential stem cell of insulin-producing pancreas islets and develop process for producing cells in lab for eventual transplants. Freedom from insulin ...

History was made at a University of Toronto lab in 1921 when physician Frederick Banting and researcher Charles Best discovered insulin – transforming the lives of people living with diabetes and ...

Feb. 5 (UPI) --A new, effective alternative to pancreas tranplantation may be on the horizon to treat type 1 diabetes, a study says. In a lab experiment, researchers grew healthy beta cells to ...

Studies carried out on lab rats have shown promise for a new kind of insulin pill that may be able to help millions of people with diabetes avoid daily injections, researchers said Monday. Much more ...