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Diabulimia is a serious eating disorder that most people have never heard of
Anorexia, bulimia and even binge eating are perhaps the eating disorders that come to mind for most people. But there are other, lesser-known categories, including something called diabulimia. Diabulimia is a “media-coined” term that refers to an eating disorder involving a person with diabetes — typically Type 1 diabetes —…
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Bill would allow lower priced insulin to be imported
Credit: By LISA RATHKE Associated Press February 28, 2019 — 8:10pm MONTPELIER, Vt. — As Congress grills drug companies about the high cost of prescription medications, U.S. Rep. Peter Welch of Vermont introduced legislation on Thursday that would allow for the importation of low cost insulin from Canada and other…
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Diabetes-free Donors are Best Source of Stem Cells for Bone Repair in Type 1 Patients
Durham, NC – A groundbreaking study released today in STEM CELLS Translational Medicine shows that the gold standard for obtaining stem cells to use in transplantation therapy – harvesting them from the patient himself – is not the best way to go when attempting to regenerate bone in a person…
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Cellular sickness linked to type 1 diabetes onset
A UC San Francisco study of human and mouse pancreatic tissue suggests a new origin story for type 1 (T1) diabetes. The findings flip current assumptions about the causes of the disease on their head and demonstrate a promising new preventative strategy that dramatically reduced disease risk in laboratory animals.…
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Engineered “Suicide Genes” Safely Grow Beta Cells From Stem Cells
Researchers have been advancing methods to generate insulin-producing beta cells from pluripotent stem cells (PSC) for the clinical treatment of type 1 diabetes (T1D). However, transplantation of these immature cells into patients poses substantial risks, namely the development of tumors (teratomas) and the growth of these stem cells into unwanted…
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Study provides insight into how type 1 diabetes gradually destroys insulin production
Using the new Imaging Mass Cytometry method, researchers of UZH have investigated the pancreas of healthy organ donors and those with type 1 diabetes. The study shows that many beta cells, which normally produce insulin, are still present in the early stages of the disease, but look very different. These…
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Effective type 1 diabetes screening risk score discovered
A new risk score has been developed which experts say could be a more effective way to screen for type 1 diabetes. It works by taking into account detailed genetic information known to increase the chances of the autoimmune condition. Is it thought this pioneering approach could make life easier…
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How Immunotherapy Could Stop and Prevent Type 1 Diabetes
People with type 1 diabetes need lifelong treatments of daily insulin injections to manage their condition that still leave them at risk of long-term complications. Immunotherapy could one day become an insulin-free alternative to stop, prevent, and potentially cure this chronic disease. Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease where…
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Détresse reliée au diabète
Saviez-vous qu’environ 70% des Canadiens et des Américains qui vivent avec le diabète de type 1 ont répondues d’avoir la détresse reliée au diabète? ( Fisher L et al., J Diabetes Complications, 2015; 29(4):572-577) C’est quoi la détresse reliée au diabète? Définition : les défis émotionnels et comportementaux vécus en…
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Klue Expands Artificial Intelligence Platform with Offering for Type 1 Diabetes
SAN FRANCISCO — Klue, a digital health company focused on behavior tracking and positive change, announces its platform’s expansion to Type 1 Diabetes (T1D). Klue is already known for its gesture sensing and analytics technology that promotes mindful eating and proper hydration. Now, it is ready to branch out in…
