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This information helps determine your bolus insulin needs.
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Lynne Peeples, Health, 26 May 2024
The key features of Caravan Tech’s tags and boluses include GPS tracking, temperature monitoring, and health status indicators, providing comprehensive data for disease surveillance and control.
—Patrick Skerrett, STAT, 18 May 2024
Once downloaded, t:connect works alongside Tandem’s t:slim X2 insulin pump by allowing diabetes patients to issue bolus doses of insulin over Bluetooth.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 9 May 2024
According to the nonprofit organization Beyond Type 1, bolus insulin is a type of insulin taken to prevent glucose spikes after meals.
—Brett Molina, USA TODAY, 18 Feb. 2022
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Lynne Peeples, Health, 26 May 2024
The key features of Caravan Tech’s tags and boluses include GPS tracking, temperature monitoring, and health status indicators, providing comprehensive data for disease surveillance and control.
—Patrick Skerrett, STAT, 18 May 2024
Once downloaded, t:connect works alongside Tandem’s t:slim X2 insulin pump by allowing diabetes patients to issue bolus doses of insulin over Bluetooth.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 9 May 2024
According to the nonprofit organization Beyond Type 1, bolus insulin is a type of insulin taken to prevent glucose spikes after meals.
—Brett Molina, USA TODAY, 18 Feb. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bolus
Noun
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The vote specifically recommends one dose of Merck’s shot for infants ages 8 months or younger born during or entering their first RSV season.—
Annika Kim Constantino,
CNBC,
26 June 2025
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After the booster was reformulated, the rate among those aged 12 to 39 fell to about one case per million doses in 2024-25 — half the rate found in the general population.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
26 June 2025
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By contrast, a monthly dosage is easier to stick with, and can potentially be made available more easily to patients in remote areas where medical supplies are delivered less frequently.—
Abhimanyu Ghoshal,
New Atlas,
25 June 2025
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Amgen plans to proceed with Phase 3 trials, initiating patients on a lower dosage that will gradually increase with an eight-week dose escalation period.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
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“Bolus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bolus. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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