How to Use insulin in a Sentence

insulin

noun
  • Some insulin prices have more than tripled in the last two decades.
    Marina Pitofsky, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2023
  • For the last two months, her son’s insulin has cost $35.
    Rick Rojas, New York Times, 30 Nov. 2022
  • That's not the case as anything that spikes the insulin response will break the fast.
    Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 8 Aug. 2024
  • Sanofi is the last of three major insulin makers in the United States to cut or cap the price of the drug.
    Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Lila is poised, stylish, and wears her insulin pump with pride on the red carpet.
    Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 21 Dec. 2022
  • The key is insulin which escorts glucose into the cells of the body.
    Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 16 Feb. 2023
  • One of the forms, created by the school nurse, included the wrong insulin dosage.
    Rebecca Griesbach | Rgriesbach@al.com, al, 14 Sep. 2023
  • For some drugs, such as insulin, rebates and discounts can lower the list price by more than 80%.
    Mariana Socal, STAT, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Without insulin, too much sugar can stay in the blood, which can lead to health problems.
    Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, 18 Nov. 2022
  • One of his aunts has Type 1 diabetes and is running out of insulin.
    Lauren Dunn, NBC News, 26 Oct. 2023
  • The male's state affects insulin levels, which in turn affects the rack or the really big arm.
    Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 13 Apr. 2023
  • First, over time, the body becomes less responsive to the hormone insulin.
    Kaitlin Sullivan, Health, 21 July 2023
  • The device serves the same purpose as shots, pumping insulin from a cartridge through a tube and into his body.
    Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2023
  • That prompted some drugmakers to slash the cost of insulin for a broader group of patients.
    Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Mitchell keeps an insulin pump — about half the size of a cellphone — in his back left pocket during every game.
    Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2023
  • When this happens, the body may not make as much insulin that is needed to store excess blood sugar.
    Michelle Pugle, Health, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Because the cells are resistant to insulin, glucose remains in the blood.
    Gary Gilles, Verywell Health, 18 Dec. 2023
  • That cap is a win for some Americans who rely on insulin.
    Dallas News, 8 Feb. 2023
  • The idea is to compress your eating day into six or eight hours in order to reduce the amount of insulin your body produces.
    Gina Errico, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2023
  • Biden has been crowing about his action to cap insulin prices for Medicare members at $35 a month.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2023
  • High levels of insulin can stimulate the growth of cancer cells.
    Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 18 July 2024
  • Carr is a Type 1 diabetic who wears an insulin pump to help combat the disease.
    Greg Moran, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Mar. 2023
  • It has been shown to both decrease blood glucose levels and increase serum insulin.
    Serina Desalvio, Discover Magazine, 16 Dec. 2023
  • During his speech, Biden called for a universal $35 cap on insulin.
    Haley Bemiller, The Enquirer, 8 Feb. 2023
  • Last year’s Inflation Reduction Act capped the costs of insulin for seniors at $35 a month.
    al, 2 Mar. 2023
  • That's how much insulin is going to be for our seniors and actually for others as wel,l as the prices are rolling out.
    Nbc Universal, NBC News, 18 Feb. 2024
  • Boop had to shut down her small legal practice because insulin for her daughter cost so much.
    Adam Ferrise, cleveland, 24 July 2023
  • In addition, the law already caps out-of-pocket costs for insulin at $35 a month for Medicare patients.
    Tom Murphy, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Metformin also decreases levels of insulin and insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1), both of which have been linked to aging and cancer.
    William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
  • Currently, there is no cure for Type 1 Diabetes; people diagnosed with the disease usually have to take insulin for the rest of their lives to manage the condition.
    Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 3 Aug. 2024

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