Multiple approaches to type 1 diabetes (News-Medical-Net)

Type 1 diabetes, formerly called insulin-dependent diabetes, juvenile diabetes or childhood-onset diabetes, affects 1 to 2 million people in the U.S. and millions more worldwide.

Researchers Pursue Multiple Approaches To Type 1 Diabetes (Medical News Today)

Type 1 diabetes, formerly called insulin-dependent diabetes, juvenile diabetes or childhood onset diabetes, affects 1 to 2 million people in the U.S. and millions more worldwide. In this country, it is second only to asthma as the most common chronic disease in children.

Childrenâ€™s Hospital Researchers Pursue Multiple Approaches to Preventing and Treating Type 1 Diabetes (PR Newswire via Yahoo! News)

Type 1 diabetes, formerly called insulin-dependent diabetes, juvenile diabetes or childhood-onset diabetes, affects 1 to 2 million people in the U.S. and millions more worldwide. In this country, it is second only to asthma as the most common chronic disease in children. However, it may begin at any age, when for yet-unknown reasons, a persons immune system mistakenly attacks beta cells that ...

Researchers Pursue Multiple Approaches to Type 1 Diabetes (Newswise)

Type 1 diabetes, formerly called insulin-dependent diabetes, is a common chronic pediatric disease. Children's Hospital researchers are following multiple strategies to preventing and treating the illness. Researchers are discovering causative genes, seeking ways to manipulate beta cells to restore insulin production, and conducting a clinical trial of insulin pills that may prevent type 1 ...

Vildagliptin improves control of type 2 diabetes (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

For people with type 2 diabetes and moderately elevated blood glucose levels, the medication vildagliptin, sold under the brand name Galvus, can produce long-term improvements in the functioning of the insulin-secreting beta cells in the pancreas along with better glucose control, researchers report.

Improvement in diabetes a positive side effect of obesity surgery (CBC)

Many of the people who've undergone obesity surgery have discovered a positive side-effect to having the stomach-sizing operation: a significant improvement in their diabetes.

Company's stem cells treat diabetes in mice (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

Human stem cells transformed into nearly normal insulin-producing cells when implanted into mice, possibly offering a way to treat diabetes long-term, researchers at a U.S. company reported on Wednesday.

Weight-Loss Surgery Can Cure Diabetes for the Obese (Centre Daily Times)

An estimated three in every four obese people suffering from diabetes can be cured of the disease with bariatric surgery, according to a groundbreaking new study reported in the current edition of the Journal of the American Medical Association. Experts say this finding opens the door to changes in the treatment of diabetes that are as profound as the discovery of insulin. "It's truly exciting ...

New diabetes drug uses artificial venom (AME Info)

A new Type 2 diabetes drug now available in the UAE uses an artificial version of the venom found in the Gila Monster, reported Gulf News. The saliva of the two-feet long pink and black lizard, native to the US, contains a chemical exendin-4, similar to a human hormone to help regulate blood sugar.

Seminars encourage proactive role in addressing diabetes (Edwardsville Journal)

Jessica Kerr, an assistant professor in the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Pharmacy, knows that medicine only goes so far when it comes to diabetes, which affects an estimated 17,000 in Madison County.

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