How much do you know about insulin?
The happy healthcare host,
Mr. Divabetic has created a new game to test one lucky listener’s ‘INSULIN IQ’ featuring a series of questions about insulin for November’s
Diabetes Late Nite podcast with musical inspiration from Aretha Franklin’s rendition of ‘
Teach Me Tonight’ from her
Aretha Franklin Sings The Great Diva Classics album courtesy of SONY Music.
Can’t wait until
Wednesday, November 14th? Test your knowledge with these two
‘Teach Me Tonight Challenge’ questions (answers appear at the bottom of this blog post):
3: Which animal was insulin first tested on?
A. A cow
B. A pig
C. A dog
4: What year was insulin first used on a human?
A. 1912
B.1922
C. 1932
5: How many people are living with diabetes in the world?
A. 322 million
B. 399 million
C. 422 million
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November 14th is a significant date in the diabetes calendar because it marks the birthday of the man who co-discovered insulin, Sir Frederick Banting. Banting discovered insulin in 1922, alongside Charles Best. Insulin isn’t just a drug. It’s the difference between life and death for millions of people with diabetes – and it’s something they will need every day for the rest of their lives.
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ANSWERS: 1). C: DOG. Canadian physician Frederick Banting and medical student Charles H. Best would be credited with discovering the hormone insulin in the pancreatic extracts of dogs. Banting and Best injected the hormone into a dog and found that it lowered high blood glucose levels to normal. 2). B: 1922. On 11 January 1922 insulin was first used in the treatment of diabetes. Insulin was discovered by Sir Frederick G Banting, Charles H Best and JJR Macleod at the University of Toronto in 1921 and it was subsequently purified by James B Collip. 3). C: 422 MILLION. According to the World Health Organization, 422 million people are living with diabetes worldwide, nearly doubling the prevalence from 4.7 percent in 1980 to 8.4 percent in 2014. In the United States alone, an estimated 29.1 million adults and children are affected.
