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Wait continues for Canadians at Rafah crossing as Gaza's border with Egypt closes again | CBC News

Wait continues for Canadians at Rafah crossing as Gaza’s border with Egypt closes again | Breaking:

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An artificial pancreas to manage type 1 diabetes could soon be offered to NHS patients after major trial yields initial results

Get an ‘artificial pancreas’ on the NHS: 150,000 type 1 diabetes sufferers are set to get gadget hailed as the ‘biggest breakthrough since discovery of insulin’

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Heather Pressdee, 41, of Natrona Heights, Pennsylvania, is trying to avoid the death penalty after allegedly killing her patients with lethal amounts of insulin

Pennsylvania nurse Heather Pressdee, accused of murdering two patients with fatal doses of insulin, confesses to trying to kill NINETEEN other people

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The tiny device is about the size of a quarter. It is based on its ability to split water vapor into its components: hydrogen and oxygen. It then stores that oxygen in a chamber to drive the release of transplanted islet cells, which produce insulin.

Diabetics could go needle-free thanks to new implantable device that slowly releases insulin when needed

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Lars Fruergaard Jorgensen, managing director of Novo Nordisk, is pictured. The company is seeing strong demand for the diabetes drug Ozempic and its weight loss brand, Wegovy

Ozempic craze hammers ‘obesity industry’: Companies behind insulin pumps and sleep apnea machines plunge in value – but WeightWatchers stock surges for a surprising reason

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Amazon Pharmacy simplifies insulin savings with automatic coupons

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A group of volunteers who sailed from Maalaea Bay, Maui, form an assembly line on Kaanapali Beach Saturday, August 12, 2023, to unload donations from a boat. Maui residents have come together to donate water, food and other essential supplies amid criticism of the government's response

Hawaii wildfires: Government is slammed for ‘blocking’ supplies of medication like insulin and leaving residents to communicate by ‘coconut wireless’ – as 416 FEMA workers help search for remains and man shelters

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Spraying the hormone insulin through the nose could help improve memory in people with Alzheimer's disease (file photo)

An insulin nose spray could help improve the memory of Alzheimer’s sufferers

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Zapping the lining of the small intestine with mild electrical pulses in a one-time treatment helps control blood sugar levels, scientists have found

Hope for people with type 2 diabetes with electric zap that could END insulin shots for sufferers

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Heather Pressdee, 40, of Natrona Heights, Pennsylvania, was charged Wednesday with two counts of homicide, in connection with the deaths of two men, one 55 and another 83. She is also charged with the attempted murder of 'a third man 73

Pennsylvania nurse is accused of killing two patients by ‘giving them lethal doses of insulin’

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