Topic: Type 1 Diabetes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Researchers have developed an implantable sensor that measures blood sugar continuously and transmits the information without wires -- a milestone, they said, in diabetes treatment. The device worked in one pig for more than a year and in another ...
PARIS (Reuters Life!) - A former Royal Air Force pilot with diabetes is preparing to break another record by touching down in all 50 U.S. states and show that the disease is no obstacle for enthusiasts who dream of flying. London-based Douglas ...
Johnson & Johnson is grabbing for a share of the huge, fast-growing market for diabetes drugs, announcing a pair of partnerships Tuesday that could produce novel medicines for the disease. They would complement a very successful line of blood sugar testing and ...
LONDON (Reuters) - Italian scientists have found a significant link between juvenile diabetes and a common virus that usually only causes a mild infection -- a discovery that may give clues as to what triggers the disease. In a small study of ...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A test run of an "artificial pancreas" that monitors blood sugar and delivers both insulin and regulatory hormone called glucagon helped patients achieve near-normal blood sugar levels for more than 24 hours, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday. The system ...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - An experimental vaccine containing tiny molecules of an immune-system protein was able to reverse type 1 diabetes in mice, raising hope that it might work in people, Canadian researchers said on Thursday. Type 1 diabetes is caused when certain ...
LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have used an "artificial pancreas" system of pumps and monitors to improve blood sugar control in diabetes patients in the first study to show the new device works better than conventional treatment. Researchers from Britain's Cambridge University tested ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Pumps that deliver insulin to the body as needed may be more effective than insulin injections for helping people with type 1 diabetes keep their blood sugar under control, according to a new review of 23 studies ...
An experimental artificial pancreas will soon be tested in diabetes patients, potentially sparing them the hormonal disorder's most dangerous complications and frequent blood sugar checks and insulin injections. If all goes well, a commercial model could be on the market in four ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Diabetes advocates and a company that makes insulin pumps announced plans on Wednesday to team up to make a so-called artificial pancreas -- a system of pumps and monitors to manage type-1 diabetes. The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation said ...
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Nick Jonas Discusses Juvenile Diabetes At The National Press Club Luncheon
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Celebrities Testify At Senate Hearing For Type 1 Diabetes Research
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Jonas Juvenile Diabetes
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