Arthritis medication can help keep life-threatening condition at bay, study finds

AN ARTHRITIS pill can help keep type 1 diabetes at bay, a study reveals.

Baricitinib was found to slow down the autoimmune disease’s progression by protecting insulin-making cells.

Arthritis medicine baricitinib was found to slow down the disease’s progression by protecting insulin-making cells

The discovery is being described as a world first which could mean sufferers have to inject themselves with insulin less often.

Rachel Connor, from the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation...