Bond funds typically own a number of individual bonds of varying maturities, so the impact of any single bondâs performance is lessened if that issuer should fail to pay interest or principal. Certain types of bond funds, such as broad market bond funds, are also diversified across bond sectors, providing exposure to corporate, U.S. government, government agency and mortgage-backed bonds.
1 Medications such as metformin, exenatide and a class of drugs called the thiazolidinediones can help improve insulin resistance. 2  These are approved in the treatment of type 2 diabetes but not for the treatment of insulin resistance alone.
Each drug can be classified into one or more drug classes. Insulin is a polypeptide hormone that is important for regulating the amount of glucose in the blood. It is produced in the pancreas by the beta cells of the islets of Langerhans. Insulin given by injection acts similar to endogenous insulin. There are more than 20 different types of insulin available for diabetes treatment in the United States.