NovoLog is a mealtime (rapid-acting) insulin. It’s a brand-name form of insulin aspart. For type 1 diabetes, you’ll typically inject NovoLog before your meals throughout the day. For type 2 diabetes, ...

Before the discovery of insulin, type 1 diabetes was a death sentence. That prognosis started to change on Jan. 11, 1922, when 14-year-old Leonard Thompson became the first person with diabetes to ...