Tullahoma Teen Makes Medical History
A medical breakthrough involving a Tullahoma teen has anyone with Type One Diabetes feeling hopeful. This teen recently learned she made medical history and her willingness to participate in a medical trial could save the health of thousands of other kids like her. Emalee Mansfield’s health didn’t come without science…
Clinical trial seeks Type 1 diabetics
A clinical trial at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at UB is seeking patients aged 18-65 with Type 1 diabetes whose hemoglobin A1C (HbA1C), a measure of sugar in the blood, is between 7% and 10%. The 52-week study will determine whether patients with Type 1 diabetes…
Eli Lilly confirms probe by New York’s Attorney General over insulin prices
Eli Lilly has been hit with a subpoena from the New York Attorney General’s Office over the pricing and sales of its insulin products, the drugmaker disclosed in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday. Attorney general offices in Mississippi, Washington D.C., California, Florida, Hawaii, and Nevada…
Cell injections could train the body to accept a transplanted organ
By Clare Wilson People having organ transplants in future may no longer have to take anti-rejection medicines, thanks to a technique that could make their immune system see the donor’s tissue as their own. The method involves giving the recipient an infusion of the donor’s cells a week before the…
Americans with diabetes face an insulin crisis – but Canada is no paradise, either
This is an opinion piece in The Globe & Mail Jan Hux is the president and CEO of Diabetes Canada. Canadians have so much to be proud of in their history, and one part of that proud heritage is that this is the birthplace of insulin – a hormone discovered…
Asthma medication inhibits changes in diabetic retinopathy in type 1 diabetes mouse
In a study published July 26 online in the journal Diabetes, physician-researchers from University Hospitals Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, found that the asthma medication montelukast (brand name Singulair), can inhibit early changes in diabetic retinopathy, the eye disease which develops due…
Bernie Sanders leads caravan into Canada to purchase cheaper insulin with American prices rising
Windsor, Ontario (CNN)The Democratic primary campaign trail took a detour north of the border Sunday, when Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders led a group of roughly a dozen people with Type I diabetes into Canada to purchase insulin for a fraction of the price they would be charged in the United…
‘Smart Tattoos’ Could Someday Monitor Your Vitals — No Batteries Required
Long known as a permanent form of body art, tattoos may soon serve a medical function. Several groups of scientists are developing sensors that can be injected into the skin to monitor levels of blood glucose and other health biomarkers. A team at the Technical University of Munich in Germany…
FDA OKs First-Ever Nasal Glucagon for Severe Hypos in Diabetes
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first nasally administered glucagon product (Baqsimi, Eli Lilly and Co) for the treatment of severe hypoglycemia for patients aged 4 years or older who have diabetes. The nasal powder is the first licensed glucagon product that is not delivered by…
How Does Checkpoint Inhibitor-Associated Autoimmune Diabetes Differ From T1D?
Checkpoint inhibitor-associated autoimmune diabetes (CIADM) is a distinct pathophysiologic entity from type 1 diabetes and represents a new model for autoimmune beta-cell failure, according to study results published in The Journal of Endocrinology & Metabolism. Although immune checkpoint inhibitors can improve survival of patients with various advanced cancers, one of…
