http://www.diabetes1.org/ Articles and Logs from Diabetes1 en-us 1999-2008 Body1, Inc. All rights reserved. Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:00:01 EST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Body1 Rssmaker 1.0 Health Information editor@body1.com editor@body1.com 40 http://www.diabetes1.org/images/diabetes1_logo.gif http://www.diabetes1.org http://www.diabetes1.org/news/Researchers_Discover_Sweet_Way_to_Detect_Prediabetes Discovery could lead to a simple, routine test for detecting the subtle onset of the Diabetes 2 in time to reverse its course. Mon, 12 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EST 125 http://www.diabetes1.org/forum/ Health, Medicine http://www.diabetes1.org/news/A_OneTwo_Punch_Embryonic_Cell_and_Adult_Pig_Islet_Transplants_Cure_Diabetes_in_Rats In a step toward curing diabetes in humans, scientists have alleviated the disease in rats using transplants from both embryonic and adult pigs. Thu, 01 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EST 124 http://www.diabetes1.org/forum/ Health, Medicine http://www.diabetes1.org/news/Diabetes_Isnt_Caused_by_a_Sweet_Tooth_but_Nearly_Half_of_People_Believe_It_Is Nearly half of people still think eating too much sugar causes diabetes and a quarter of people object to people with diabetes injecting insulin in public Fri, 18 Jun 2010 00:00:00 EST 123 http://www.diabetes1.org/forum/ Health, Medicine http://www.diabetes1.org/news/Stem_Cells_in_Diabetes Currently, Type 1 diabetics are dependent on daily infusions of insulin. Could stem cell transplants provide an alternative? Thu, 20 May 2010 00:00:00 EST 121 http://www.diabetes1.org/forum/ Health, Medicine http://www.diabetes1.org/news/Treatment_of_Gum_Disease_May_Lower_Blood_Sugar_Levels_in_Type_2_Diabetes Study suggests that treating serious gum disease in diabetics could mitigate risks Mon, 17 May 2010 00:00:00 EST 120 http://www.diabetes1.org/forum/ Health, Medicine http://www.diabetes1.org/news/Facing_Extreme_Challenges From scaling peaks to battling discrimination, Tim Duffy does it all with diabetes Fri, 23 Apr 2010 00:00:00 EST 119 http://www.diabetes1.org/forum/ Health, Medicine http://www.diabetes1.org/news/A_new_strategy_normalizes_blood_sugars_in_diabetes Researchers at Children's Hospital Boston have identified a new strategy for treating type 2 diabetes, identifying a cellular pathway that fails when people become obese. By activating this pathway artificially, they were able to normalize blood glucose levels in severely obese and diabetic mice. Tue, 13 Apr 2010 00:00:00 EST 118 http://www.diabetes1.org/forum/ Health, Medicine http://www.diabetes1.org/news/Researchers_Use_Novel_Nanoparticle_Vaccine_to_Cure_Type_1_Diabetes_in_Mice Using a sophisticated nanotechnology-based "vaccine," researchers were able to successfully cure mice with type 1 diabetes and slow the onset of the disease in mice at risk for the disease. The study provides new and important insights into understanding how to stop the immune attack that causes type 1 diabetes. Fri, 09 Apr 2010 00:00:00 EST 117 http://www.diabetes1.org/forum/ Health, Medicine http://www.diabetes1.org/news/Screening_for_Diabetes_Highly_Cost_Effective A study commissioned by the American Diabetes Associate confirms that not only does routine screening for type 2 diabetes help prevent or delay illness, it is also highly cost effective. Tue, 30 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST 116 http://www.diabetes1.org/forum/ Health, Medicine http://www.diabetes1.org/news/New_Study_Says_Discussing_Weight_Loss_Encourages_Weight_Loss Overweight patients with type 2 who have frequent, weight-specific conversations with their doctor are more likely to engage in healthy weight loss routines. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST 115 http://www.diabetes1.org/forum/ Health, Medicine