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The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and Selecta Biosciences Enter Research Collaboration for Vaccines for Type 1 …
The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and Selecta Biosciences, Inc. announced today that they have established a research collaboration to support Selecta’s development of a vaccine technology, which may subsequently help to better treat and potentially prevent type 1 diabetes.

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New research confirms high-fat diet can contribute to type 2 diabetes
A diet high in saturated fat is a key contributor to type 2 diabetes, a major health threat worldwide. Several decades ago scientists noticed that people with type 2 diabetes have overly active immune responses, leaving their bodies rife with inflammatory chemicals.

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UCSF to showcase advances in diabetes research and care
The UCSF Diabetes Center will celebrate a decade of advancing research and patient care in diabetes with a scientific symposium featuring the nation’s leaders in the field.

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Childhood adversity worsens effects of stress, adding to current hardships, says new research
Children who experience trauma may enter a cycle of negative emotions – anxiety and depression – that could contribute to health problems later and precipitate an early death, a leading health psychologist said Saturday.

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Adult stem cell studies abound for heart, diabetes, MS; far ahead of embryonic research
NEW YORK, N.Y. – A few months ago, Dr. Thomas Einhorn was treating a patient with a broken ankle that would not heal, even with multiple surgeries. So he sought help from the man’s own body.

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Some fruits are higher than others on the glycemic index. Is it possible that fruit eaten in any quantity could become a cause of diabetes? I had always thought that the enemy was sucrose, not fructose consumed in raw, fresh fruit.

Have read that overweight can be a contributing factor. If one remains consistently slighly under-weight can such an individual develop diabetes?

If the reader happens to be an expert in the matter, why not list for me up-to-date guidelines for the avoidance of this problem?

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Diabetes research to benefit from art auction
Take a few activist parents of kids with Type I diabetes that also happen to be artists, mix with a newly formed non-profit organization and a lovely place like Willowbend Country Club in Mashpee, and what do you get?

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Not too long ago, George Bush vetoed his first bill after 5, 1/2 years of serving for our country as president. The bill he vetoed did not allow stem cell research to be funded properly by the government, while the many millions of people like me could be cured from the research. His main reasons for vetoing the bill had to do with cloning, and us being a Christian country. Following this announcement, George Bush recieved a standing ovation.

I am 15 years old. I have had Diabetes for 10 years, and this comming March of 2008 will be my 11th. year. Diabetes is more than just a life threatening disease. It’s you’re life… period.

But there is hope. The JDRF (Juvenille Diabetes Research Foundation) holds a Walk-to-Cure-Diabetes every year in Siesta Key Beach, Florida. They raise millions of dollars a year and span to over 200 locations around the Earth. Diabetes can be cured across America with proper funding from organizations, the government, and people like you.

Now this video isn’t meant to scare people that have diabetes. Truth is, if you’re careful and listen to your doctors, you can live a long, happy, and healthy life. It’s not always easy, but you can always do something about it to control your sugar more and be healthier than you can ever be. there’s always something you can do, and it’s a good feeling!

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Barack Obama supported Stem Cell Research! Thank you, Mr. Obama! You’ve given hope to millions of people like me. Thank you!

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Note: the following statistics pertain to the United States of America only, unless otherwise stated.

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Q and A about Diabetes:

Q: What is Diabetes?

A: Your body turns food into energy using insulin. Insulin is made by the pancreas and allows the sugar to be used by your body. Diabetes is a chronic disease where you’re pancreas slows down or stops functioning. Without insulin, the sugar stays in your bloodstream. However, with too much insulin, you won’t have reserve energy for standing, walking, and sometimes your body can’t keep warm with low blood sugar. I have to monitor my blood sugar levels several times a day and take insulin from shots to make sure my blood sugar levels don’t go too high or too low.

Q: Does Diabetes happen to fat people?

A: Not all Types of Diabetes happen to obese people. Type 1 (Juvenille Diabetes) is hereditary, so you can’t prevent it. It takes over you as a child or teen. Type 2 Diabetes occurs in obese people or old people, whose pancreas’s aren’t strong enough to meet the demands for insulin.

Q: Does it go away?

A: No. It is a lifelong disease. It’s impossible to avoid completelly without the stem cell procedure.

Q: What is life like as a Diabetic?

A: Normal. Just a different kind of normal. I take shots and go to the doctors once every couple months, but I’m not stripped of my life. I have a diet and I have to watch what I eat, but I can still eat my favorite foods once in a while.

Q: The diet… you have a diet?

A: Well, I need to regulate my blood sugar levels. My diet is as followed: don’t take too much sugar when you’re blood sugar level is high, and drink sugar (it has to be a drink, food takes too long to digest) when your blood sugar level is low. I eat snacks during the day and 3 meals. You can’t skip any meals or snacks, or else you’ll feel it.

Q: You feel your blood sugar levels?

A: Yes. When my blood sugar is high, It’s harder for me to pay attention or work properly. I feel warm and hyper. Sometimes I’ll be agressive. When I’m low, I feel shakey and cold, but usually hungry. I might start sweating and feel very tired. Sometimes I feel dizzy, if it goes down far enough (thank goodness it doesn’t!)

Q: What’s considered “normal” blood-sugar wise?

A: The units for blood sugars are measured in mg. of sugar per dL of blood. 80-120 is normal, but it may go between 60-160 depending on how much you eat or exersize. I go between 100-200 for the most part, but I have had numbers as low as 35 and as high as 500.

Q: I never knew you were a diabetic! How come you didn’t say so before?

A: As much as I love to educate people about the disease, I’m not different from anyone else on Youtube: I’m still a human being. I might need more time on tests or medical attention when I’m exersizing vigerously, but it’s not like I’m a different person! I live my life differently, that’s all.

Q: What was that bracelet in the last picture?

A: That’s my Medic Alert bracelet on my bed. If I pass out from my blood sugars going too low or too high, then the paramedics will be able to see that I’m a diabetic, and they may be able to wake me up with glucagon (think of it as sugar-in-a-bottle) or an insulin shot.

Q: What can I do to help? Where can I learn more?

A: http://www.jdrf.org

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Mayo Clinic endocrinologist Victor Montori, M.D., describes his analysis of several large randomized trials involving patients with type 2 diabetes, and the implications for treatment guidelines. http://newsblog.mayoclinic.org/2009/04/18/type-2-diabetes-management-mayo-clinic/

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