Many medications are employed to regulate hormones for different purposes, including ovulation cycles, growth and development, and sugar uptake. Insulin is one hormone used to help cells obtain ...

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Researchers have discovered a novel function of brain insulin, indicating that impaired brain insulin action may be the cause of the unrestrained lipolysis that initiates and worsens Type 2 ...

Intranasal administration means insulin goes directly to the brain, and it may enhance cognitive function, according to Harvard Medical School associate professor and author Vera Novak, M.D., Ph.D.

Arterial endothelial function is enhanced with insulin in healthy people, but impaired in those with metabolic syndrome, recent study findings show. In patients with metabolic syndrome, vascular ...

Over time, if this cycle becomes chronic, the insulin-producing cells of the pancreas become overworked and lose function, potentially leading to prediabetes or even diabetes.

Learn why insulin is an important CNS regulatory peptide. Can it influence development of Alzheimer disease?