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Dynamic Duo, Combination Therapy Reverses Type 1 Diabetes

Posted: Monday, May 15, 2006

By combining an oral with an intranasal therapy for type 1 diabetes that have individually shown beneficial, but limited, effects in previous studies, Matthias von Herrath and colleagues at the La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology deliver a one-two punch, and prove that, in this case, 2 treatments work together better than one.

Short, Maximal Sprint Prevents Postexercise Hypoglycemia in Type 1’s

Posted: Friday, March 24, 2006

a 10-second maximal sprint immediately following the moderate-intensity exercise stopped a further decline in blood glucose levels for the next 2 hours, the results indicate. In contrast, moderate-intensity exercise followed by a rest period led to a further decrease in blood glucose levels

Seaweed Bubbles May Fight Diabetes

Posted: Thursday, March 16, 2006

Encapsulating insulin producing cells in tiny seaweed bubbles and injecting them into people with type1 diabetes could one day remove the need for daily insulin injections.

Human Beta-Cell Line Offers Hope for Type 1 Diabetes Breakthrough

Posted: Monday, October 03, 2005

Scientists at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, succeed in creating reversibly immortalized human beta cells, with eye toward establishing universal cells for treatment of type 1 diabetes. Possible unlimited supply of beta cells for transplantation

Diabetes Breakthrough For Reversing Type 1 Diabetes

Posted: Wednesday, May 05, 2004

Children who are dependent on insulin injections could now be treated with tablets after researchers at Plymouth's Peninsula Medical School discovered a new, genetic cause of diabetes.

Use of Cod Liver Oil Reduces Diabetes Risk

Posted: Saturday, December 27, 2003

An association was observed between the use of cod liver oil in the first year of life and a significantly lower risk of type 1 diabetes (adjusted odds ratio = 0.74).

10% of Those Who Get Diabetes, Will Get it Before the Age of 30 and Lose 14 Years of Life

Posted: Tuesday, October 28, 2003

“Diabetes mellitus will likely be diagnosed during the lifetime of 1 in 3 males and 2 in 5 females born in the United States in the year 2000, while among minority populations the estimated lifetime risk of diabetes mellitus is even higher. Significant reductions in life expectancy. The researchers estimate that if an individual "is diagnosed at age 40 years, men will lose 11.6 life-years...and women will lose 14.3 life-years.

Gene Linked to Type 1 Diabetes; Appears to Affect the Function of the Thymus

Posted: Friday, July 05, 2002

A newly discovered gene plays a dramatic role in diabetes among rats, and is also present in nearly identical form in humans, according to researchers at the University of Washington and their colleagues