The Pancreas and Diabetes
- 29 Oct, 2010
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So what’s the connection between diabetes and the pancreas? A healthy pancreas has several very important jobs to do, one of those is to produce of the hormone insulin. Insulin is essential to help the body’s blood flowing freely and prevent it becoming sticky due to having too much glucose mixed with it.
Read More...Diabetes Insulin Injections
- 29 Oct, 2010
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Daily injections are not one of most pleasant about diabetes. It’s not so much that they hurt but all the paraphernalia you need to carry with you. And sometimes you just feel like a pin cushion . . .
Read More...Diabetic Sock Puppets
- 28 Oct, 2010
- Diabetes
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When you have diabetes many, so called, health improving products are marketed at you. But Diabetic Socks? Why? Having diabetes isn’t the best thing in the world, but diabetic socks herald the beginning of the end in terms of fashion, fun and life.
Read More...DB Needle and Insulin Droplet
- 09 Jul, 2009
- Diabetes
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I’ve always been a bit of a purist when it comes to cameras, believing that only SLRs and then DSLRs are the best cameras to use. The first image I’ve captured is a droplet of insulin on a DB Micro-Fine needle (0.25mm wide, 8mm long). The insertion tip of the needle is not easy to see with the naked eye. I’m really impressed with the results.
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