New products were minor variations or improvements on the same themes. As always, the focus of new injection devices is on less pain and more comfort. The cost-conscious consumer, however, wants durable products that deliver the least pain at the lowest cost. Often, it is hard for manufacturers to meet all these conditions. Sande Francis has a veritable gymnasium at her home in Fresno, California.
Project aims to reduce diabetes complications in nursing home patients.
The Capital Care Group project is an attempt by a Canadian group of nursing homes to reduce the high rates of diabetes-related complications among residents of its facilities. The findings were published in the December 1999 issue of the Canadian Journal of Diabetes Care. Insulin that is stored in cells can be released when a pill is taken. Through gene therapy, scientists at Ariad Pharmaceuticals in Cambridge, Massachusetts, have come up with a way to store insulin in cells that can be released only when a pill is taken. Published in the February issue of Science, the findings hold promise not just for the treatment of diabetes, but for other medical problems which require a timed-release technique.