News on Type 1 Diabetes

Test of "artificial pancreas" offers diabetes hope

2010-02-22T11:43:25Z

<div><p>LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have used an "artificial pancreas" system of pumps and monitors to improve blood sugar control in diabetes patients in the first study to show the new device works better than conventional treatment.</p><p>Researchers from Britain's Cambridge Universit...

Insulin pumps may be better than shots: report

2010-02-22T17:28:46Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Pumps that deliver insulin to the body as needed may be more effective than insulin injections for helping people with type 1 diabetes keep their blood sugar under control, according to a new review of 23 studies comparing the two approaches.</p><p>But the analysis didn't provide evidence on the risk of complications and the costs associate...

J&J, charity to start testing artificial pancreas

2010-02-22T21:01:09Z

<div><p>An experimental artificial pancreas will soon be tested in diabetes patients, potentially sparing them the hormonal disorder's most dangerous complications and frequent blood sugar checks and insulin injections.</p><p>If all goes well, a commercial model could be on the market in four years, said Aaron Kowalski, research director of the Reuters) - Diabetes advocates and a company that makes insulin pumps announced plans on Wednesday to team up to make a so-called artificial pancreas -- a system of pumps and monitors to manage type-1 diabetes.</p><p>The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundatio...

Top Warning Signs of Diabetes

2010-02-22T21:09:39Z

Diabetes often goes undiagnosed because most of its signs are not very harmful. Most of the signs of type 1 and 2 diabetes are the same. As in both cases there is an excess amount of sugar in the blood and an insufficient amount of sugar in the cells, where actually it is required.<br><br>In type 1 increased level of glucose in the blood is the outcome of the destruction of insulin producing cells. In type 2 diabetes high glucose level occurs when cells of the body...

Heiress Johnson's body being flown east for burial

2010-02-23T00:57:34Z

<div id="subtitle">Body of heiress Casey Johnson to be flown east for private family burial this week</div><div><p>The body of socialite and Johnson &amp; Johnson heiress Casey Johnson will be flown east for a private family funeral service.</p><p>Family spokesman Jesse Derris wouldn't provide...

Lilly licenses PDL type 1 diabetes drug candidate

2010-02-23T12:52:09Z

<div id="subtitle">PDL BioPharma says Lilly licensed teplizumab, a potential drug for newly diagnosed diabetes</div><div><p>PDL BioPharma Inc. said Monday that Eli Lilly &amp; Co. is licensing its drug candidate teplizumab, an experimental treatment for newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes.<...

Diabetic kids may focus too much on carb counting

2010-02-23T14:43:27Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Keeping tabs on carbohydrates can help young people with type 1 diabetes control their blood sugar. But they should also be careful about putting too much emphasis on carb counting alone, researchers say.</p><p>Nutrition counseling for children and teens with type 1 diabetes often recommends carb counting. By calculating the grams of carboh...

Diabetes Mellitus in Children

2010-02-23T19:05:52Z

Our bodies depend on glucose for energy. In order for the body to utilize the glucose, the cells of the body have to extract it from the blood. To do this they need a hormone known as insulin. Insulin is produced in the pancreas. If the pancreas does not produce sufficient insulin or if the cells of the body do not respond correctly to the insulin that is produced the level of glucose in the blood will increase because the glucose is not being absorbed by the body's cells. The result is a dis...

Cancer drug preserves insulin cells in diabetes

2010-02-24T00:31:33Z

<div><p>BOSTON (Reuters) - Rituxan, a drug used to treat cancer and rheumatoid arthritis, may help slow the development of newly discovered type 1 or juvenile diabetes, researchers reported on Wednesday.</p><p>The drug may interfere with the body's mistaken destruction of the insulin-producing cells in the pancreas, the researcher...

Vision loss in diabetics becoming less common

2010-02-24T22:11:29Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who were diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in more-recent decades may be less likely to suffer vision loss than their predecessors.</p><p>In a study of nearly 1,000 Wisconsin residents with type 1 diabetes, researchers found that visual impairment was less common among those diagnosed in...

nick jonas

2009-08-25T10:46:33Z

Nick Jonas addresses a National Press Club luncheon to raise awareness for juvenile diabetes Washington DC, USA - 24.08.09

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Nick Jonas Discusses Juvenile Diabetes At The National Press Club Luncheon

2009-08-24T13:16:45Z

WASHINGTON - AUGUST 24: Singer Nick Jonas of the Jonas Brothers discusses juvenile diabetes at The National Press Club on August 24, 2009 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kris Connor/Reuters Heath) - Nearly one in three children and adolescents with "insulin-dependent" type 1 diabetes have a positive skin test for tuberculosis (TB) and are at risk of developing active TB and spreading the infection to others, according to the results of a study conducted in a TB-endemic area.</p><p>It is unclear whether poor blood sugar control predisposes ...

Diabetes Pointers

2010-02-26T02:43:41Z

One never knows if one is exposed to the risk of developing diabetes or not and just carries on with the daily routine of life. The signs are very subtle and show up without one even noticing it. Diabetes has been around for a long time but is gaining eminence in recent times. If left undetected or untreated it progresses rapidly and is a potential killer. At the same time if attention is paid when there are certain indications of physical malfunction then it can be arrested in its footsteps,...

Experiment seeks to head off Type 1 diabetes

2010-02-26T15:26:56Z

<div id="subtitle">HEALTHBEAT: Tests under way to see if controlling immune system might curb Type 1 diabetes</div><div><p>The doctor had barely pulled away the needle when a blister appeared on Tracey Berg-Fulton's abdomen: An experimental shot was revving up the 24-year-old's immune system — part of a bold quest to create a vaccine-like therapy for diabetes.</p&...

Diabetics urged to stay on popular insulin Lantus

2010-02-26T15:22:22Z

<div><p>CHICAGO (Reuters) - Dr. Louis Philipson has already started fielding calls from worried diabetics after new studies of 300,000 patients released on Friday suggested the Sanofi-Aventis insulin drug White House, Congress to press for funding diabetes research</div><div><p>The youngest Jonas brother spent Tuesday lobbying Washington's power brokers on behalf of diabetes research — starting with the big guy, Presiden...

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2009-06-25T10:04:42Z

Nick Jonas of the Jonas Brothers testifies during a Senate hearing for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation on the need for federal funding for Type 1 Diabetes research at the Senate Dirksen Building Washington DC,...