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Telecare Improves Glycemic Control

Posted: Friday, May 14, 2004

Telecare was associated with improving glycemic control in patients with type 1 diabetes that was inadequately controlled with intensive insulin treatment

Long-Term Diabetes Control Pays Off for the Heart

Posted: Thursday, April 22, 2004

A mean HbA1c of 8.4% or greater predicted cardiac autonomic dysfunction. They have found that good long-term glucose control by type 1 diabetic patients preserves the automatic responses of the heart to varying situations, while a lack of adequate glycemic control leads to poor so-called cardiac autonomic function

Longer Breastfeeding Can Help Prevent Type 1 Diabetes

Posted: Friday, April 16, 2004

Early weaning diet, early introduction of breast milk substitution and cow's milk have been shown to increase the risk of type 1 diabetes later in life. Longer exclusive and total breastfeeding appears as an independent protective factor against type 1 diabetes.

Childhood Vaccines Show No Relationship with Development of Type 1 Diabetes

Posted: Saturday, April 10, 2004

Using data from the Danish Civil Registration System, researchers assessed any association between childhood vaccinations and the development of type 1 diabetes among all children, those with a sibling with type 1 diabetes, and whether a clustering of diabetes cases occurred 2 to 4 years after vaccination.
Analysis of all children born in Denmark between 1990 and 2000 shows no causal relation between childhood vaccinations and development of type 1 diabetes.

High Mortality Among Young Hospitalized Diabetics

Posted: Monday, April 05, 2004

People under 30 who are admitted to hospital for diabetes type 1 are at substantially increased risk of dying from natural causes and suicide.

Implantable, Continuous Sensor Reduced Glucose Fluctuations in Type 1 Diabetes

Posted: Wednesday, March 10, 2004

Adults with type 1 diabetes experienced decreased periods of high or low blood sugar when using a long-term implantable, continuous glucose sensor.

New Blood Sugar Sensor Improves Diabetes Control

Posted: Monday, March 08, 2004

Blood Glucose monitors strips and finger sticks might all become a thing of the past with an implanted blood glucose monitor that provides a continuous reading.

Insulin-Producing Cells Found In Fat, Liver & Bone Marrow

Posted: Friday, February 27, 2004

Researchers at Houston's Baylor College of Medicine have found insulin-producing cells in the fat, liver and bone marrow of diabetic mice.The source of the insulin-producing cells to be bone marrow, which has been identified as the origin of many different kinds of tissues in recent years. Only a brief three-day period of high blood glucose was sufficient to nudge the cells outside the pancreas to produce insulin.

Hypoglycemia -- What Every Person on Insulin Should Know

Posted: Monday, February 16, 2004

All people with diabetes, regardless of type or their method of treatment, suffer from high blood glucose levels (hyperglycemia) when left untreated. The treatment of diabetes, whether pills or insulin, can lead to hypoglycemia. Hypoglycemia is the term used to describe a low blood glucose level (BG). This would be a blood glucose level of less than 65 mg/dl.

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).