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The Nation - News from April 25, 1985

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Insulin inhaled as a nasal spray before mealtime may replace all but one injection a day for most persons with severe diabetes, a new study shows. “This study shows that it can be tolerated, and you can achieve the same amount of glycemic (blood sugar) control as the patient can achieve with injections,” said Dr. Renate Kimmerle, one of the researchers at Boston University Medical Center who reported the results in the New England Journal of Medicine.

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