Topic: Type 1 Diabetes
isnare | 2009-12-08 08:20:40
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 ...
Reuters US Online Report Health News | 2009-11-25 21:14:32
<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 researchers ...
Reuters US Online Report Health News | 2009-10-06 17:11:38
<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 ...
WENN | 2009-08-25 16:45:44
Nick Jonas addresses a National Press Club luncheon to raise awareness for juvenile diabetes
Washington DC, USA - 24.08.09
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