Diabetes Through Time and Science | Australia News

Diabetes isn’t new—it’s been recognized for thousands of years, with ancient civilizations naming it by its symptoms like “wasting-thirst” or “honey urine.” The Greeks coined the term “diabetes” meaning “to pass through,” referring to frequent urination. It wasn’t until 1889 that scientists pinpointed the pancreas and its insulin-producing islets as the key players. Before the 1920s, type 1 diabetes was often fatal, but a breakthrough at Toronto in 1921—extracting insulin from dogs and saving a dying teen—changed everything. Today, science is redefining the condition: the American Heart Association now calls it part of “cardio-kidney-metabolic syndrome,” linking it to heart and kidney risks. And there’s hope: new GLP-1 drugs are so effective they’ve forced clinical trials to stop early due to overwhelming results. Science keeps moving forward. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/9058c3e777ac68fa