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Off-site Type 1 Diabetes Links, User Submitted

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Wed Nov 26

• Diabetes (type 1) insulin-depend ent - blood glucose levels, symptoms etc: This is an execellent website i found that explains everything that is related to Diabetes type 1. Not only are the symptoms shown and explains, so are teh treatments and other subtle changesd that can be made including lifestyle changes.

Tue Nov 25

• Diabetes Information: This article is of great significance as it covers a part of the Metabolism module. It highlights the signs, symptoms and treatment for patients suffering form either type 1 or type 2 diabetes.

Sat Nov 22

• Diabetes Mellitus: This site explains the differences in the two types of diabetes; type 1 and type 2. It also gives some explanation on the gentic factors leading to type 2 diabetes and its treatment. This will be a good base of understanding following the metabolism module lecture on Diabetes Mellitus

Wed Nov 19

• Two cancer drugs prevent, reverse type 1 diabetes, study shows: PhysOrg.com: Two common cancer drugs have been shown to both prevent and reverse type 1 diabetes in a mouse model of the disease, according to research conducted at the University of California, San Francisco. The drugs imatinib (marketed as Gleevec) and sunitinib (marketed as Sutent) were found to put type 1 diabetes into remission in 80 percent of the test mice and work permanently in 80 percent of those that go into remission.

Tue Nov 18

• Mediterranean Group for the Study of Diabetes: The Mediterranean Group for the Study of Diabetes was set up in 1985 on the initiative of Prof Molinatti (Turin) to meet the unrequited needs of all those health professionals in the Mediterranean area involved in the delivery of diabetes care. Although legendary for its blue sky, warm sea, hospitality, generosity, and gastronomy, the Mediterranean basin has not been spared the harsh realities of diabetes: the epidemiologic evidence shows increases in both the incidence of the disease and its complications.

Fri Nov 14

• Richard Lane is new President of Diabetes UK: Diabetes UK is delighted to announce today, on World Diabetes Day, that Richard Lane OBE has been elected as the charity?s new President. Richard, 65, who has Type 1 diabetes, was one of the first people in the UK to receive islet cell transplants in 2005.

Tue Nov 11

• Diabetes and Diet: Are you diabetic or know someone who is? Learn how to manage your diabetes with diet and exercise

Fri Nov 7

• Childrens Diabetes: kids, diabetes, blood, glucose, type 1, childrens

Thu Nov 6

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Mon Nov 3

• BBC NEWS | Health | Medical notes | Diabetes: This page is useful because it highlights one of the problems the human body can get into if body cells are not able to take up glucose thus causing starvation. This is not to the advantage of the CNS as only glucose is the only substance which can pass the blood brain barrier. Therefore, amino acids are broken down to produce ketone acids which will be used instead as a fuel for respiration.

Thu Oct 30

• Artificial Pancreas Could Revolutionize Treatment Of Type 1 Diabetes

Off-site Type 1 Diabetes Research Links

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