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1 In 5 Youth With Diabetes Has Heart Risk

Posted: Thursday, August 03, 2006

Overall roughly 20 percent of young people with diabetes (92% in those with type 2 and 14% in those with type 1) experience at least two additional cardiovascular disease risk factors, according to a new study.

New Test Measures Quantity of Active Beta Cells

Posted: Tuesday, May 30, 2006

Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center have identified a reliable, non-invasive imaging method that can measure the quantity of insulin-producing pancreatic beta cells.

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.

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