#5.1: Diabetes & The Cost of Insulin

Syd & Jess are BACK babyyyyyyy for the start of Season 5, and they're kicking it off with a special modern medical interest piece about Diabetes and the outrageous cost of insulin in the U.S. In this listener recommended episode, they'll talk about the different types of this chronic condition, how diabetes works, and how insulin became so dang expensive!   

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Sources for this episode:
https://www.diabetes.org
https://www.diabetes.co.uk/insulin/history-of-insulin.html
https://www.verywellhealth.com/insulin-prices-how-much-does-insulin-cost-and-why
https://beyondtype1.org/brief-history-insulin/
https://www.markcubancostplusdrugcompany.com/
https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4707300/
https://diabetesjournals.org/diabetes/article/50/2/217/13338
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK545201/
https://www.vox.com/2019/4/3/18293950/why-is-insulin-so-expensive 

Music from Uppbeat: Fairytales, by Danijel Zambo 
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