Can An Old Drug Prevent Type 1 Diabetes? - Ivanhoe Broadcast News, Inc.
LOS ANGELES, Calif. (Ivanhoe Newswire) — Having a loved one, or a patient, die in a hospital’s intensive care unit is painful and stressful to families and caregivers. UCLA’s Westwood ICU is the first in the United States to initiate a pilot research program to make the dying process more personal and dignified for patients and families. It is based on a similar program in Canada.
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DENVER, Colo. (Ivanhoe Newswire) — Less than ten percent of people with diabetes have type 1 diabetes. Patients with type 1 must take insulin to stay alive and there’s been no way to prevent the disease. Now, for the first time, researchers say there may be a way to prevent or delay the disease in some people with a genetic risk.
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. (Ivanhoe Newswire) –Hands are often a dead giveaway to age, but most procedures to get rid of them are temporary and the end result less than perfect. They use fillers or fat, which disguises the veins, but doesn’t eliminate them. A vascular surgeon in California is using an in-office technique that’s permanent and painless.
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ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) — No bread, no pasta, no crackers! If you’re on a gluten-free diet, you know the drill! More than three-million Americans now follow a gluten-free diet. This number has tripled since 2009, but a new study shows many of these people aren’t as “gluten-free” as they think.
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SEATTLE, Wash. (Ivanhoe Newswire) — About 25 percent of Crohn’s diagnoses are made during childhood or adolescence. And doctors say children have more complications than adults with this disease. But a teenager in Seattle has been in remission from Crohn’s for years, taking no medication at all.
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Doctor's In-depth Interview of the week
Can An Old Drug Prevent Type 1 Diabetes?Aaron Michels, MD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics & Medicine and Frieda and George S. Eisenbarth Clinical Immunology Endowed Chair
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
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