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Age at Diagnosis of Type 1 Diabetes Linked to Long-Term Outcomes
Posted: Thursday, December 20, 2007
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Patients diagnosed between 0 and 9 years of age were significantly less likely to have had a heart attack then those diagnosed between 10 and 13 years of age.
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Eating Disturbance Common in Girls With Type 1 Diabetes
Posted: Thursday, December 13, 2007
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There is a high prevalence of eating disorders among girls with type 1 diabetes according to Canadian researchers. They also found that eating disturbances in this population are likely to persist over time.
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More Black Children Dying From Diabetes
Posted: Friday, November 23, 2007
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Black children with diabetes face a death rate twice as high as that for white children, new U.S. government research shows.
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Transplant Key to A Diabetes Cure, Just Days Away
Posted: Wednesday, November 07, 2007
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Melbourne scientists claim they are just days from conducting a pioneering therapy that will effectively cure Type-1 diabetes.
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Causes of Pregnancy Loss Differ in Women With Type 1 or Type 2 Diabetes
Posted: Wednesday, November 07, 2007
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Rates of pregnancy loss and neonatal deaths are similar among women with type 1 or type 2 diabetes, investigators in New Zealand report, but the causes of pregnancy loss vary between the two groups.
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Cross-species Transplant A Step Toward Diabetes Cure For Humans
Posted: Friday, October 26, 2007
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With an eye on curing diabetes, scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have successfully transplanted embryonic pig pancreatic cells destined to produce insulin into diabetic macaque monkeys -- all without the need for risky immune suppression drugs that prevent rejection.
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Better Glycemic Control Prevents Infertility
Posted: Thursday, October 11, 2007
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A Swedish study indicates that the fertility of women with type 1 diabetes was reduced prior to 1985, but since then is its begun to normalize, if diabetic complications were avoided
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Insulin Glargine: Eight Years Later
Posted: Saturday, April 07, 2007
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Insulin Glargine has become the most widely used insulin in the USA owing to its long duration of action without a pronounced peak. This introduction of a new form of insulin has made a dramatic effect on the ability of people to control their blood sugars. But is it being used properly? Should it be given once or twice a day?
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Pig Islets Successful After 10 Years in Human Without Using Immunosuppression
Posted: Thursday, April 05, 2007
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Living Cell Technologies Limited announced it has published evidence outlining the survival and identification of live porcine islet cells and insulin production in a human patient 10 years after receiving a pig islet cell transplant.
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'Clean' Children At Greater Risk Of Diabetes
Posted: Thursday, March 29, 2007
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Better hygiene and clean environmental living conditions lead to a greater risk of diabetes in children, according to a new study.
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