- March 26, 2006
It seemed too good to be true. And it was. Three new studies dash hopes that spleen-cell injections could help reverse
type 1 diabetes.
Teams at Washington University, the University of Chicago, and a team at Harvard's Joslin Diabetes Center all
tried to repeat Massachusetts General Hospital researcher Denise Faustman's
2003 experiment.
It didn't work. None of the three teams got the same result. The spleen cells, it turns out, didn't become islet cells.
[Story at WebMD:
Spleen Cells Fail as Diabetes Treatment.
A press release from Joslin Diabetes Center is reproduced at
the Diabetes Monitor:
Infused spleen cells found not to impact islet recovery and reversal of type 1 diabetes in mice..]
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- March 24, 2006
Divers with diabetes who use medication (oral hypoglycemic agents or insulin) to treat diabetes but who are otherwise qualified to dive may undertake recreational scuba diving, provided certain criteria are met.
[Story at Divers Alert Network:
DAN and UHMS Publish Guidelines for Recreational Diving With Diabetes.]
- March 19, 2006
March 28th marks the American Diabetes Association's (ADA) American Diabetes Alert Day. An annual, one-day call-to-action, the alert's goal is to raise awareness that diabetes is serious, that you can have diabetes and not even know it, and that taking a Risk Test is an easy way to find out if you are at risk for diabetes.
Click here for more information about Diabetes Alert Day.
[Story from NDEP newsletter:
ADA Diabetes Alert Day set for March 28.]
- March 11, 2006
A nationwide US study has shown that people with diabetes who keep their blood sugar in check are likely to have a far lower risk of developing foot pain or other nerve damage in the future.
Neuropathy Among the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial Cohort 8 Years After Trial Completion.
Diabetes Care 29:340-344, 2006
[Story at Pharmaceutical Business Review.
Abstract at
D Care;
full text at
D Care, requires subscription.]
- March 5, 2006
Clarence Haynes, a
88 year young insulin-dependent diabetic, is planning
to celebrate the
85th anniversary of the discovery of insulin.
[Story at Insulin85.com.]
- March 4, 2006
Gains in reducing deaths due to heart disease could be wiped out by the ongoing upsurge in diabetes, U.S. researchers report.
Impact of the Increasing Burden of Diabetes on Acute Myocardial Infarction in New York City: 1990-2000
Diabetes 2006 55: 768-773.
[Story at Forbes.
Abstract at
Diabetes;
full text at
Diabetes, requires subscription.]
- March 1, 2006
A group of Australian politicians cycled to the top of Canberra's Red Hill to launch a 1,100km bike ride to raise money for diabetes research.
[Story at The Age:
Politicians cycle for diabetes research.]
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