Working in collaboration with the Southern California Islet Consortium (SC-IC), investigators at REI were chosen to perform islet transplantations on patients w...
Procedure requires no immune suppression drugs St. Louis (USA) -- An experimental cross-species transplant to treat diabetes has passed an early test in rats with better-than-expected results, suggesting the innovative approach might halt type 1 dia...
American Stroke Association meeting report Metabolic syndrome - the simultaneous occurrence of multiple cardiovascular risk factors - may almost double the risk of stroke, researchers reported today at the American Stroke Association's 29th Internat...
http://kids.jdrf.org You've just been diagnosed with juvenile (type 1) diabetes, a disease in which your pancreas produces little or no insulin, a hormone you need to stay alive. All of sudden, you are pushed into a painful world of finger pricks (t...
Journal of Clinical Investigation Autoimmune response in blood sugar disease According to a study by researchers at King's College, London (UK), we could be on to a better understanding of the autoimmune response in people with Diabetes I (type one...
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (USA) Researchers also find current immunosuppression drug therapy may be harmful for transplanted Islets PITTSBURGH (USA) - Treating pancreatic islet cells with a growth factor can dramatically reduce the num...
The disease stole his right eye and most of his left and destroyed his kidneys, but now, more than four decades after his diabetes diagnosis, Gary Kleiman is free. With transplanted insulin-producing cells regulating the amount of glucose in his bod...
From New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation (USA) Cavities occur in sixty-percent of U.S. preschool children, and more often in the poorly nourished, according to the January 2004 Journal of the American Dental Association(1). Those skippi...
Eat your whole grains and reduce diabetes risk. If you consume whole-grain foods (fiber rich cereals) you could be reducing your chances of developing diabetes (type 2). The study below comes from DIABETES CARE Carbohydrate Nutrition, Insulin Resist...
If you have high blood pressure and combine thiazide diuretics and a beta blocker you will increase your risk of developing diabetes by 20%, say scientists. According to new research, this combination of blood pressure pills increases your chances o...
Scientists in Australia are investigating whether the bacteria responsible for tuberculosis (TB) could prevent childhood diabetes. Childhood diabetes, also known as insulin-dependent and type one diabetes, occurs when the body's immune system attack...
According to a new study published in the latest issue of The Journal of Sexual Medicine and conducted in the Department of Psychology of McGill University, thermography shows grea...
A researcher in the Oregon Health and Science University Cancer Institute and Portland Veterans Affairs Medical Center has found a way to identify which men need a second prostate ...
Boys aged 13 and 14 living in rural areas, are the most likely of their age group to access pornography, and parents need to be more aware of how to monitor their children's viewin...
Continuing with more than a decade of research, doctors at the University of Minnesota have discovered a treatment to help patients with advanced cases of adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD...
Lawmakers in 30 states are preparing to introduce bills that would require large corporations to increase their spending on employee health insurance, the New Y...
Lawmakers in 30 states are preparing to introduce bills that would require large corporations to increase their spending on employee health insurance, the New Y ...
More US residents "will need government help" with health insurance, as employers shift more of the cost to employees and health care costs continue to increase ...
Four recently published opinion pieces examined health insurance and the various reform proposals being considered in Massachusetts. Summaries appear below. Cha ...
The Maryland General Assembly on Thursday overrode Gov. Robert Ehrlich's (R) veto of a bill that will require employers with more than 10,000 workers in the sta ...
Nature has outfitted us with a pair of ears for good reason: having two ears enhances hearing. University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists are now examining whet...
Large majorities of those who were treated with therapy and with medication satisfied with their care - A national survey of the generaladult population and of ...
According to a new study published in the latest issue of The Journal of Sexual Medicine and conducted in the Department of Psychology of McGill University, the...
Lawmakers in 30 states are preparing to introduce bills that would require large corporations to increase their spending on employee health insurance, the New Y...
