Category Archives: diabetes research

Diabetes Breakthroughs

Posted on August 22, 2012 by janekdickinson

I am constantly in a quandary about whether to focus on managing and living well with diabetes vs. finding a way to eradicate diabetes. Over the years I’ve leaned toward letting the scientists and fundraisers work on the latter while … Continue reading →

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Doing something right

Posted on July 9, 2012 by janekdickinson

I am happy to pass on some news I just read: in a study that looked at 250,000 people with diabetes, the rate of death from cardiovascular disease was down 40% and the overall rate of death from diabetes was … Continue reading →

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Pigs are Precious

Posted on January 19, 2012 by janekdickinson

We used to say this at diabetes camp years ago: “pigs are precious.” That was because our “purified pork” insulin came from pigs. A long time ago, beef (cow) insulin was the best we had, but many people had physical … Continue reading →

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IHoP

Posted on January 13, 2012 by janekdickinson

Once known as the International House of Pancakes, IHoP now stands for Islet Homeostasis Protein. There is so much irony here that I just couldn’t pass up the opportunity to discuss. People with type 1 diabetes typically lose both insulin … Continue reading →

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Painfully Obvious?

Posted on October 7, 2011 by janekdickinson

Yesterday and today I received notice of articles reporting on diabetes research that appears to be painfully obvious. There’s one about kids who watch television having higher A1Cs. Ya think? That would be the lack of activity, folks. And another … Continue reading →

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CACTI Study

Posted on September 8, 2011 by janekdickinson

An article reporting findings of the CACTI study caught my eye because I participated in this study for about seven years. CACTI stands for Coronary Artery Calcification in Type I (sic) diabetes. The article reports that adults with type 1 … Continue reading →

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