Topic: Type 1 Diabetes

FDA sets path for key new diabetes device

CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued new guidelines to medical device makers developing a potentially revolutionary device for type 1 diabetes, saying they should speed its delivery to patients.The guidelines reflect months of behind-the-scenes negotiations with patient advocates, ...

FDA: Diabetes device plan may help patients faster

CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued new guidelines on Thursday for the development of a potentially revolutionary device to treat type 1 diabetes that will give manufacturers 'maximum flexibility' in getting it to U.S. patients.The guidelines reflect months ...

Insight: Diabetes breakthrough stalled in safety debate

CHICAGO (Reuters) - It's a dream of medical science that looks tantalizingly within reach: the artificial pancreas, a potential breakthrough treatment for the scourge of type 1 diabetes.Meant to mimic the function of a real pancreas, the artificial version is a complex ...

Intensive diabetes care cuts kidney complications

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Early, aggressive treatment of type 1 diabetes cut the risk of kidney disease in half in a study that followed a group of diabetics since the 1980s, U.S. researchers said on Saturday.The findings, published in the New England Journal ...

Asthma tied to poorer diabetes control in kids

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Kids with diabetes may have a higher-than-average rate of asthma, and those with both conditions seem to have a tougher time keeping their blood sugar under control, a study out Monday suggests.Researchers found that among 2,000 3- ...

Black Hat: Insulin pumps can be hacked

A Type 1 diabetic said Thursday that hackers can remotely change his insulin pump to levels that could kill him.A Type 1 diabetic said Thursday that hackers can remotely change his insulin pump to levels that could kill him.Jay Radcliffe, a security ...

Diabetes vaccine stumbles at second hurdle

An experimental vaccine to prevent progression of Type 1 diabetes failed at the second step of the three-phase trial process, doctors said on Monday in a study reported online by The Lancet.The vaccine sought to protect insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas ...

Scientists getting closer to artificial pancreas

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Researchers are coming closer to developing an "artificial pancreas," a long-sought system of insulin pumps and glucose sensors that deliver insulin to diabetics, mimicking the function of a real pancreas.The devices have been in development for more than three ...

Analysis: Scientists getting closer to artificial pancreas

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Researchers are coming closer to developing an "artificial pancreas," a long-sought system of insulin pumps and glucose sensors that deliver insulin to diabetics, mimicking the function of a real pancreas.The devices have been in development for more than three ...

Gluten not linked to babies' risk of diabetes: study

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - For babies at higher risk of childhood diabetes because of family history or genes, a gluten-free diet in the first year of life does not lower the chances of developing the disease, German researchers report.The findings undercut ...
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