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Health Encyclopedia: Type 1 Diabetes
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Long-Term Complications
Type 1 diabetes reduces the normal life span by an average of 5 to 8 years. However, survival rates are improving in all ethnic groups and both genders. Longer survival rates are probably due to improvements in monitoring and tighter control of blood glucose. There are two important approaches to preventing complications from type 1 diabetes:
- Intensive control of blood glucose and keeping glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) levels below 7.0. This approach is proving to prevent ...
Expert & Community Posts
Should you or Your Child try the GFCF (Gluten-free Casein-free) Diet?
By Merely Me , Health Expert...people report that this diet helps both physical and behavioral symptoms and others say it made... Read more »
Session Snippets From Thursday’s Children With Diabetes Conference
By Beth McNamara , Health Expert...first of two days of educational programming at the Children With Diabetes Conference held June... Read more »
What About Me? I’m Not Diabetic, but I’m Important Too!
By Beth McNamara , Health Expert...the moment we receive the diagnosis that we have a child with Type 1 Diabetes, the whirlwind of... Read more »
The Diversity of Diabetes
By Dr. Fran Cogen , Health Expert...tests. In nearly 30 years of experience managing children and teens with diabetes, I must... Read more »
Types of Diabetes: are there more than two?
By Dr. Bill Quick , Health Expert...positive antibodies. The disorder typically shows up in children or teenagers. It previously... Read more »
Health Guide
Type 1 Diabetes: References
...1:S4-42.Berhe T, Postellon D, Wilson B, Stone R. Feasibility and safety of insulin pump therapy in children aged 2 to 7 years with type 1 diabetes: a retrospective study. Pediatrics. 2006... Read more »What do I need to know about diabetes?"
Diabetes is called a disorder of metabolism. More simply put, diabetes keeps your body from properly utilizing the sugar obtained from food. Your body changes most of the food you eat into a form of... Read more »Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Symptoms
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...DiabetesIn type 1 diabetes, the disease process is more severe than with type 2, and onset usually begins in childhood:Beta cells in the pancreas that produce insulin are gradually destroyed.... Read more »Images
Related News
Type 2 Diabetes Often Follows Gestational Diabetes
August 12, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Women who experience diabetes while they're pregnant are significantly more likely to develop type 2 diabetes following the... Read summary »
Predicting Type 1 Diabetes Better
March 18, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Researchers have uncovered a fourth antibody that can better predict who is at risk for type 1 diabetes. Type-1 diabetes is an... Read summary »
Environmental Triggers for Type 1 Diabetes
May 05, 2008SEATTLE (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- The number of people who have type 1 diabetes has tripled in the last 50 years. Now, scientists believe the... Read summary »
Genes and Diabetes Increase Heart Problems
December 03, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Type 2 diabetes is a known risk factor for cardiovascular disease. It increases a person's risk of having a major cardiac event... Read summary »
Diabetes Treatment Ups Depression Risk
July 09, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) The treatment used to help people with type 2 diabetes may cause some patients to develop depression. Johns Hopkins researchers... Read summary »
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