What Happened When Ancient Humans Got Diabetes?

Ever wonder what happened when ancient humans got diabetes? Long before insulin existed, this metabolic disease was recorded in Egypt's Ebers Papyrus (1550 BCE), diagnosed by ants in ancient India, and named by the Greeks who watched patients' bodies "melt" away. This video traces the real history of diabetes — from Type 1 and Type 2's ancient origins, to why diabetes was once a disease of the wealthy elite, to the 1921 discovery of insulin that finally ended a 3,000-year death sentence. A deep dive into medical history, ancient medicine, and how diabetes went from a rare curiosity to one of the most common diseases in the modern world.