BBC Radio Suffolk presenter Lesley Dolphin has chosen a 0.5 ml insulin syringe. "My object is a lifesaver. Without it my son Tom would have died - it's the syringe he uses to inject insulin.

Uji-Tokushukai Medical Center in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture, on March 8 announced that seven doses can be taken from one vial using an insulin syringe, instead of five or six through other syringes.

Study design. This prospective, randomized, controlled, parallel-group study compared the use of pen devices with conventional vials and syringes for the administration of insulin in hospitalized ...