# Diabetes: Beating the Needle

Describes types 1 and 2 diabetes, touches on the history of insulin research, and examines diabetic complications and the role of diet and exercise as they relate to the blood-sugar level. Looks at innovative treatments, such as the home glucometer, a surgically inserted insulin pump, and pancreatic transplants. From the Nature of Things series. Host: David Suzuki. Produced by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

- Kind: Educational
- Year: 1983
- Runtime: 26 min
- By: Burlamaqui, Frederico Leopoldo Cesar, 1803-1866
- Genres: Education, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/diabetesbeatingtheneedle)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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