Editor’s comment...
W hile fear of needles makes sense on many
levels, it’s a whole different ball game if you
have to use them everyday to inject life-
sustaining medicines. So what can you do if you or a child
or partner has the affliction? We come up with some tips
-- and some kit -- to help on p.
As an extention of that investigation, we also haev
a brief history of insulin pumps on p. . With one infusion
set being inserted every three days or so, you save on
a whole bunch of injections, amoung the other benefits,
so we look back at the reasoning behind insulin pump
development.
Sue Marshall
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