Professor David Dunger talks about a clinical trial aimed at preventing complications in teens with type 1 diabetes. The presentation was given at JDRF’s Type 1 Discovery Day in London. To find out more visit www.jdrf.org.uk.
If you feel pain and feel like bees crawling on your feet during regular day activities, you may be suffering from diabetic neuropathy or damage to your nervous system. It’s not too late, learn more, get help today.
KOMO news, Nov. 14, 2007, World Diabetes Awareness Day, on YiRen Qigong treating type 2 diabetes. The pilot clinical trial is sponsored by NCCAM, Seattle Foundation and conducted at Bastyr University (www.bastyr.edu ). Bastyr University is currently enrolling study participants who are 18 to 65 years old suffering from Type 2 Diabetes. Participants must use diet or oral medications to control diabetes, not be taking insulin, and be able to maintain a consistent diet during the 12 week study. Ongoing YiRen qigong seminars as well as weekly classes are available through IQ&IAM (http ) in Seattle, WA.
A new study in the October 1 issue of The New England Journal of Medicine reports that controlling gestational diabetes, a condition that affects a growing number of women in the US each year, may be easier and more important than first thought. Moms-to-be who develop gestational diabetes tend to have larger babies and more complicated deliveries. Their newborns are also at risk for long-term complications such as obesity and type 2 diabetes, says Mark Landon, MD, of Ohio State University Medical Center, who led the study.
The World Health Organization estimates that over 180 million people worldwide have diabetes and predicts that will more than double by 2030. But a new Israeli breakthrough could save your life or the life of someone you love. Dr.Eli Lewis and researchers from Ben-Gurion University in Beer-Sheva, Israel, in collaboration with, Harvard, Stanford, Columbia and the University of Colorado, have discovered a novel method for transplanting healthy insulin producing cells into the diabetic pancreas. www.israel21c.net
www.isthereacurefordiabetes.net The symptoms of diabetes are * The initial symptom of diabetes mellitus might be unusual thirst (unrelated to physical exercise, warm weather, or temporary ill health) * Excessive hunger; (you are sure that you have consumed enough, however you still want more) * Frequent urination, (commonly noticed because you have to wake repeatedly during the night) * Feeling tired and feeling fatigued (often sudden enough to make you fall asleep unexpectedly after eating). This is one of the most frequently observed symptoms of diabetes). * Sudden and unusual weight loss (any dramatic change in body weight is a message that you should visit your doctor) Insulin injection is the only known diabetes cure, but delivers many negative consequences, from heart attacks to kidney failure. It is not reakky a diabetes cure, merely a way of reducing some of the consequences and aiding longevity of the patient. In the new research the team injected capsaicin, (the main active compound in chili peppers), into the pancreas in order to kill the pancreatic sensory nerves in lab mice that had Type one diabetes mellitus. The astonishing outcome was that the islets immediately began producing insulin at normal levels – in other words, it looked awfully like it was diabetes cure! It turns out the nerves secrete neuropeptides that are a key factor in the correct functioning of the islets. Later research by the medical researchers, which involved the University of Calgary …
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Sian Welby discusses with Dr Chris Steele the symptoms of diabetes. Type 1 Diabetes is most prevalent in young people, whereas Type 2 is more likely to be found in older people. Type 2 represents 90% of all cases. Symptoms of Type 1 Diabetes: Symptoms can come on very rapidly, and include intense thirst, need to pass urine frequently, weight loss, and recurrent infections. For Type 2 Diabetes, on average a sufferer will ahve the disease for 7 years before it is diagnosed. Symptoms come on more slowly, and include thirst, tiredness, need to pass urine, disurbance to vision. It is a serious disease that can lead to blindness, amputation, heart disease, kindey failure, erectile disfunction and other problems. It is easy to be tested, and this can even be done yourself at home with a testing kit from your pharmacist. Who should get tested People over 40 The overweight If you ahve family memebers who are diabetic. People of Asian and afro-carribean origin should be tested in their twenties. 80% of diabetics are overweight.
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News interview of a young child living with Type 1 diabetes
