In the world’s first clinical trial that compared three alternative treatments for type 1 diabetes, the external artificial pancreas was shown to improve glucose control and reduce risk for hypoglycemia when compared to conventional diabetes treatment.
“What stage of type 1 diabetes do you have?” That question could become a common one soon, if some leading diabetes experts succeed in establishing an official three-tiered delineation of the early stages of T1D in order to pursue research and treatments in preventing the autoimmune condition.
They used data from the Swedish National Diabetes Register (NDR) linked to hospital records, prescription data, and death records. Patients with type 1 diabetes who had experienced major cardiovascular events after the clinic visit were selected between 2002-2010. The authors estimated the impact on 5-year mortality risk at the age of 60 with and without […]
At first glance, Thanksgiving can feel like a culinary minefield for people with Type 1 diabetes. The thinking is that you have to either use a truckload of insulin to cover for the carb fest of mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, and pie, or you have to avoid it altogether.
Researchers at the Harvard Stem Cell Institute have found what looks like a way (still to be proven!) to generate large quantities of human insulin-producing cells from stem cells. If developed further, this cell source could accelerate diabetes drug development and lead to game-changing therapies for type 1 and type 2 diabetes.
Every adult with Type 1 knows, at least basically, how to count carbs and estimate the amount of insulin needed to cover those carbs. Fewer know how to seek out the foods that may help in maintaining good blood glucose levels. We’ve done some research to compile some food news for people with Type 1 […]
Managing diabetes requires day-to-day care, but it doesn’t have to be complicated. Learning the basics, getting advice and support from health professionals like your physician, certified diabetes educator and registered dietitian, and doing a little planning can help you live well with diabetes.
Recently, news swept the world that Harvard scientist Dr. Douglas Melton and his team have developed a lab technique that can transform not-fully-developed human stem cells into billions of new insulin-producing beta cells. What does this mean? Is this a cure? What are the next steps? How do I get my new beta cells? How […]
Different types of insulin are used to manage type 1 diabetes with insulin injections. Long-acting insulin takes about one hour to begin lowering blood sugar levels and lasts up to 26 hours, while intermediate-acting insulin takes one to three hours to begin lowering blood sugar levels and lasts up to 16 hours.
The hunt for a cure for type 1 diabetes has recently taken a “tremendous step forward”, scientists have said. A team at Harvard University used stem cells to produce hundreds of millions of the cells in the laboratory. Tests on mice showed the cells could treat the disease, which experts described as “potentially a major […]
In what may be a step toward a cure for type 1 diabetes, researchers say they’ve developed a large-scale method for turning human embryonic stem cells into fully functioning beta cells capable of producing insulin.
Updates on islet encapsulation, the artificial pancreas project, Type I prevention and much more.
For many people with Type 1 diabetes, Lantus has been a godsend, a long-acting, slow-release basal insulin that has helped thousands of people achieve better glycemic control. Since Lantus hit the market at the turn of the 21st century, it has also become a goldmine for its parent company, Sanofi, racking up nearly $8 billion […]
The possibility of trauma inducing diabetes has been a topic of interest since Dr. Joslin was practicing medicine in the 1940s. To quote Dr. Joslin from his paper, “The Relation of Trauma to Diabetes,” published in the Annals of Surgery in 1943, “The thesis that trauma de novo can cause diabetes has steadily lost support.”
Is Type 1 diabetes all in the genes? No, but genetics do play a role. The incidence of Type 1 diabetes has been increasing in children living in industrialized countries worldwide since the 1950s, on the order of 3% per year. That sort of increase cannot be explained by genetics alone.
If you have Type 1 diabetes and are out of the “honeymoon period,” you’ve probably been told that your pancreas has stopped producing insulin. But it turns out that information may be wrong. Many people with Type 1 still produce at least some insulin, even years after diagnosis.
The results of the phase 3 trial – called the Durable Response Therapy Evaluation for Early or New-Onset Type 1 Diabetes, or DEFEND-1 – sends researchers back to the drawing board in an attempt to use otelixizumab, an antibody created specifically to treat type 1 diabetes and other autoimmune diseases, to help maintain insulin function.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a new test that may help doctors diagnose type 1 diabetes, the most common form diagnosed in children and adolescents.
Scientists from the American Diabetes Association (ADA) held an open Twitter chat to discuss new guidelines for children with Type 1 diabetes, as part of the rollout of the association’s first Type 1-only position paper. Endocrinologists Dr. Jane Chiang and Dr. Sue Kirkman fielded questions for the ADA.
Low-carbohydrate diets should be the first line of attack for treatment of type 2 diabetes, and should be used in conjunction with insulin in those with type 1 diabetes.