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Immunization Against Type 1 Diabetes - Mice Successfully Treated
Researchers in France and Germany have successfully treated type 1 diabetic mice with a vaccination. The vaccine they designed in this model included structures that the immune system mistakenly attacks in type 1 diabetes. The researchers showed that, in principle, it is possible to treat autoimmune diseases by inducing “active tolerance”. Source

Avandia Heart Risk Links

• USA Today: Diabetes drug called heart death risk
• Reuters via Yahoo! News: FDA reviewing risks of Glaxo diabetes drug
• Businessweek Online via Yahoo! News: Diabetes Drug Study in Doubt
• My Diabetes Central.com: Doctors Not Ready to Abandon Diabetes Drug

Dr. Diabetes Comic Book
From The Diabetes Blog comes a post on Dr. Diabetes. “The comic book spreads awareness about the disease and empowers those who have it. Their comic books have received awards and taken them around the country to speak about diabetes.”

Nursing Homes Need Better Diabetes Care
Treatment of elderly patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes in U.S. nursing homes often fails to meet American Diabetes Association standards, according to a new study.

Researchers at the Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine studied the quality of care received over a year by 108 diabetic residents living in 11 nursing homes in Ohio and West Virginia. Source

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Resources:
About Diabetes.com
American Diabetes Association

Diabetes; Type 1 Diabetes; Type 2 Diabetes