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Stable Glucose Improves Classroom Attention in Diabetes

Posted: Friday, March 24, 2006

Stabilizing serum glucose in children with type 1 diabetes appears to improve classroom attention, researchers from Arizona State University in Tempe report

Age Determines Utility of Insulin Pump in Children With Type 1 Diabetes

Posted: Thursday, February 16, 2006

Treating children with type 1 diabetes with continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion - rather than multiple daily injections - improves their long-term glycemic control if they are under 12 years of age, new findings suggest.

For children over 12, while metabolic control levels remain comparable with either process, continuous infusion decreases the typical weight gain

Low Serotonin Activity Seen in Diabetic Children

Posted: Thursday, February 16, 2006

Low brain serotonergic neurotransmission may account for mood disorders in children with type 1 diabetes

Type 1 Diabetes May Be Related to Meat Preservative

Posted: Thursday, December 08, 2005

A chemical used to preserve meat has been implicated in New Zealand's type 1 diabetes epidemic.

Auckland University research points the finger at nitrates and nitrites as a potential cause of some child-onset diabetes.

Obesity Fueling a New Hybrid Diabetes: Double Diabetes or Type 1 & 1/2

Posted: Thursday, August 18, 2005

Dubbed "double diabetes" by some and "diabetes one-and-a-half" by others, the combination of types 1 and 2 diabetes symptoms confounds doctors attempting to accurately diagnose and treat patients. Can it increase the risk for complications?

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Forearm Test Not Good for Checking Blood Sugar

Posted: Friday, March 11, 2005

Although testing blood sugar levels using a forearm prick produces readings similar to those obtained from a fingerstick when levels are high or normal, it may overestimate blood sugar levels when they are low, according to two brief reports in the medical journal Diabetes Care

New Approach May Keep Diabetes Patients Off Insulin Shots

Posted: Friday, March 11, 2005

The research could be a major step toward a cure for Type-1 - the so-called juvenile diabetes. Scientists at the Diabetes Research Institute in Miami are learning how to make embryonic stem cells into insulin producing cells.

Increased Weight Predicts Earlier Onset Of Type 1 Diabetes

Posted: Wednesday, February 09, 2005

Waist circumference in the children with Type 1 diabetes was found to be substantially greater than average for the population.

Continuous Insulin Infusion Beneficial in Young Diabetics

Posted: Wednesday, December 15, 2004

Continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion (CSII) effectively optimizes glycemic control in very young patients with type 1 diabetes, according to a report published in the December issue of Pediatrics. This treatment may be superior to multiple daily injections in lowering the risk of severe hypoglycemia

Diabetic Adolescents Lack Bone Minerals

Posted: Wednesday, December 15, 2004

Despite normal growth and maturation, adolescents with type 1 diabetes appear to have reduced bone mass and bone size.