Health Beat: Diabetes Awareness
[Southeast Missourian] Diabetes: If you don’t live with it yourself, then it’s likely you have a family member or friend who does. This November during National Diabetes Month, ask yourself if you’re...
View ArticleAlgorithms Outperform Diabetics at Blood Sugar Control
(IEEE Spectrum) – Doing math or any other mental activity when you have low blood sugar is a recipe for errors. For sufferers of Type 1 diabetes, who must track and adjust their own blood sugar levels,...
View Article‘Giant Leap’ to Type 1 Diabetes Cure
James Gallagher, BBC NEWS CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (BBC News)—The hunt for a cure for type 1 diabetes has recently taken a “tremendous step forward,” scientists have said. The disease is caused by the immune...
View ArticleStudy: Tighter Control of Type 1 Diabetes Leads to Greater Life Expectancy
PITTSBURGH (Philly.com) – People with type 1 diabetes who intensively control their blood glucose soon after diagnosis are likely to live longer than those who do not, according to a study published...
View ArticleJohnson & Johnson Projects Aim to Spot Who’ll Get a Disease
LINDA A. JOHNSON, AP Business Writer TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Imagine being able to identify who is likely to develop a particular disease — and then stop the disorder before it starts. That’s the goal of...
View ArticleJohnson & Johnson Starts Project to Prevent Type 1 Diabetes
LINDA A. JOHNSON, AP Business Writer TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Johnson & Johnson has begun a research partnership to find the root cause of Type 1 diabetes and stop the hormonal disorder in its tracks....
View ArticleCould Insulin Pills Prevent Diabetes? Big Study Seeks Answer
LINDSEY TANNER, AP Medical Writer CHICAGO (AP) — For nearly a century, insulin has been a life-saving diabetes treatment. Now scientists are testing a tantalizing question: What if pills containing the...
View Article‘We’re Fighting For Our Lives’: Patients Protest Sky-High Insulin Prices
BLACK VOICE NEWS — The cost of insulin nearly tripled from 2002 to 2013 and has doubled again since then. The post ‘We’re Fighting For Our Lives’: Patients Protest Sky-High Insulin Prices first...
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