by Marshall Brain | August 25, 2008
The insulin pump helps diabetics by slowing injecting insulin over the course of the day. This article explains the basic idea:
The pumps are getting cheaper and more accurate:
Good news for all diabetes sufferers
This video shows how to refill a typical pump:
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