- March 28, 2009
Søren Lilleøre, a Danish man with
type 1 diabetes,
is participating in one of the
toughest runs in the world: the
Marathon Des Sables.
Each day for six days, the participants complete a marathon in the
searing heat of the Sahara desert, carrying backpacks weighing 14 kg.
[See Running with Diabetes.]
- March 21, 2009
A major international study pinpoints which people with major heart artery blockages would be better off having bypass surgery than artery-opening angioplasty: bypass surgery is preferable for people with diabetes and older patients.
Coronary artery bypass surgery compared with percutaneous coronary interventions for multivessel disease: a collaborative analysis of individual patient data from ten randomised trials.
The Lancet, Early Online Publication, 20 March 2009
doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(09)60552-3.
[Story at US News.com:
Diabetics and Elderly May Fare Better With Bypass.
Abstract at
The Lancet;
full text at
The Lancet, requires subscription.]
- March 14, 2009
Stephen Clyde knew something had to change when his doctor told him he would be insulin and medication dependent by the time he was 45. At 310 pounds, he became determined to change his life.
Ninety pounds lighter and dozens of marathons later, he now is preparing to run in the New York City Marathon this fall.
[Story at CourierPostOnline.com:
Berlin councilman plans to outrun diabetes threat.]
- March 7, 2009
President Obama's expected reversal of the restriction on U.S. funding for embryonic stem cell research has excited scientists and health advocates who say the action will accelerate the search for cures to major illness.
[Story at Bloomberg.com:
Obama Stem Cell Shift Will Speed Hunt for Cures, Scientists Say.]
- March 1, 2009
The number of non-Hispanic white youth diagnosed with
type 1 diabetes
in the US is one of the highest in the world.
The Many Faces of Diabetes in American Youth: Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes in Five Race and Ethnic Populations: The SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth Study
Diabetes Care 32: S99-101S, 2009.
[Story at MSNBC;
extract at
DCare;
full text at
DCare, requires subscription.]
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