People with diabetes take insulin to lower high blood sugar. However, if glucose levels plunge too low—from taking too much insulin or not eating enough sugar—people can experience hypoglycemia, which ...

There’s some new guidance on treating hypoglycemia, or low blood sugar, in long-term care communities. It’s specifically geared for healthcare workers, though anyone who is a caregiver for someone ...

STOCKHOLM — New data on a needle-free nasal delivery system for glucagon for use in severe hypoglycemia presented at the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) 2015 Meeting here today ...

Fast-acting carbohydrates can treat mild hypoglycemia in 5 to 15 minutes. Prescription glucagon is used for severe hypoglycemia when fast-acting carbs don't help. If you don't have diabetes, see a ...

People with diabetes take insulin to lower high blood sugar. However, if glucose levels plunge too low — from taking too much insulin or not eating enough sugar — people can experience hypoglycemia, ...

Nanosized particles that release glucagon, the hormone responsible for raising blood glucose levels, on-demand could mean that diabetics don’t need to worry about potentially dangerous low blood sugar ...

Strategic collaboration formed to raise awareness that all people with diabetes on blood glucose-lowering medications should have glucagon, preferable a ready-to-use formulation CHICAGO and ARLINGTON, ...

People with diabetes take insulin to lower high blood sugar. However, if glucose levels plunge too low - from taking too much insulin or not eating enough sugar - people can experience hypoglycemia, ...

Glucagon is a pancreatic hormone that plays a crucial role in regulating glucose and whole-body energy metabolism. In individuals with diabetes, the pancreatic alpha cells that produce glucagon are ...

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Xeris Biopharma Holdings, Inc. (XERS), a growth-oriented biopharmaceutical company committed to improving patient lives by developing and commercializing innovative products ...

Encapsulated glucagon for insulin-induced hypoglycemia dissolves when sugar levels get seriously low (less than 60 milligrams per deciliter, mg/dL), releasing the hormone into the bloodstream and ...