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Health Encyclopedia: Type 1 Diabetes

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 ...
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Expert & Community Posts

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Innovative Research and Type 1 Diabetes: “Of Mice and Men”
By Dr. Fran Cogen , Health Expert

...mice study, the authors will continue to study the effects of PDGFR in type 1 diabetes and have... Read more »

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Type 1 and Athletes: Broncos QB Jay Cutler Diagnosed
By Craig Stoltz , Health Expert

...announced that he had been diagnosed two weeks ago with type 1 diabetes, he created another... Read more »

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Professional Athletes With Diabetes!
By Ginger Vieira , Health Expert

...there have been several incredible athletes with Type 1 diabetes over the years, I recently... Read more »

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Research and Type 1 Diabetes: Breaking News
By Dr. Fran Cogen , Health Expert

...my attention by the mother of one of my teens with type 1 diabetes. One of the coolest aspects... Read more »

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Lettuce and Diabetes
By Gretchen Becker , Health Expert

Can insulin produced in lettuce cure type 1 diabetes some day? Possibly. In mice, it seems to... Read more »

Health Guide

Type 1 Diabetes: Highlights
...insulin, suggests an important 2005 study in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). Beneficial effects from a 6-day treatment lasted up to 18 months.Insulin PumpsVery young children (ages 2 -... Read more »
Type 1 Diabetes Symptoms
...beta cells can be a long and insidious one. At the point when insulin production bottoms out, however, type 1 diabetes usually appears suddenly and progresses quickly. Warning signs of type 1... Read more »
Type 1 Diabetes
www.diabetes.org -- American Diabetes Associationwww.niddk.nih.gov -- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseaseswww.jdrf.org -- Juvenile Diabetes Research... Read more »
Type 1 Diabetes: References
...with type 1 diabetes. JAMA. 2005 Oct 12;294(14):1782-1787.Herbst A, Bachran R, Kapellen T, Holl RW. Effects of regular physical activity on control of glycemia in pediatric patients with type 1... Read more »
Type 1 Diabetes: Prevention
...available that can test for autoantibodies that identify children who are at high risk for developing type 1 diabetes. At this time, however, there is no way to prevent type 1 diabetes and all... Read more »

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