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News items on 'Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus'
New diabetes therapy to save patients from needle
(The Scotsman 18/11/2009)
SCOTTISH patients with severe diabetes could be freed from daily injections of insulin with the launch of a groundbreaking new cell transplant service. The treatment involves extracting islets - the cells that produce insulin - from a donated pancreas. The cells are then injected into the liver of the patient with Type 1 diabetes - those who rely on insulin injections to control their condition. The service will initially help a small number of patients with the most serious cases of diabetes.
Diabetes day
(BBC 14/11/2009)
Nearly two years ago Holly's mother thought her nine-year-old daughter had hurt her arm while playing. But a visit to hospital revealed she had type-1 diabetes and needed daily insulin injections. On World Diabetes Day, the schoolgirl's mother says that diagnosis has changed their lives. It is a tale that chimes with Alun Davies. He has spent 20 years playing rugby, a stalwart of Neath RFC before taking on the role as the Welsh Rugby Union's player welfare manager.
Computer device 'helps' diabetics
(BBC 11/11/2009)
A handheld computer console game has been developed to help diabetic children monitor their condition. The Didget system for the Nintendo DS is designed to encourage young people to test their blood sugar levels regularly. Users download the results to their console and are rewarded with game points. 25,000 children in the UK have diabetes. Those with type 1 need to test their blood every few hours.
Jail terms for faith healing pair
(BBC 07/10/2009)
A US couple who prayed rather than seeking medical attention for their dying daughter have been sentenced to six months in jail. Dale and Leilani Neumann, of Wisconsin, could have received up to 25 years in prison over the 2008 death of Madeline Neumann, who was known as Kara. The 11-year-old died of an undiagnosed but treatable form of diabetes. Judge Vincent Howard ordered the couple to serve one month in jail each year for the next six years.
Cold comfort for parents as child diabetes 'more likely over winter'
(The Scotsman 24/08/2009)
CHILDREN may be more likely to develop diabetes in the winter than the summer, according to new findings which have puzzled scientists. The trend was uncovered by a worldwide study looking at data on 31,000 children under the age of 15 in 53 countries. It had a significant effect in 42 out of 105 centres, 28 of which saw new cases of insulin-dependent diabetes peak between October and January.
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Parents 'murdered daughter by prayer'
(World health - EU Monitor 02/08/2009)
An American couple face 25 years in prison for killing their ill daughter by praying for the 11-year-old girls' recovery instead of calling a doctor. Dale Neumann, 47, was convicted on Saturday of the second degree murder of his daughter Madeline, who died from undiagnosed diabetes. The child was so ill she was unable to walk, talk, eat or drink but instead of taking her to hospital, the Neumanns prayed at Madeline's side as she died on the floor of their rural home in Wisconsin.
Child talks for first time after family read about revolutionary therapy in the Telegraph
(Telegraph 19/07/2009)
A child was given a revolutionary treatment which enabled him to walk and talk for the first time after his family read about the therapy in the Daily Telegraph. Jack Neighbour became one of the first British children to receive the treatment, which uses an old-fashioned drug to switch off a serious genetic defect. Now 10, as a child he suffered neo-natal diabetes, a genetic problem which causes his blood sugar to fluctuate wildly and a host of other complications.
(BBC 15/06/2009)
Sir Steve Redgrave is also surprisingly modest about the struggle with diabetes that almost cost him his fifth gold. He says. "It's a delicate balancing act. Some have taken away the wrong message from the fact he managed to win his fifth Olympic medal as a diabetic, thinking it can't be that bad a condition. "It's a very very serious condition but dealt with properly, and looked after well, there's no reason why you can't carry on your normal lifestyle," he explains.
(BBC 06/06/2009)
For the first six months she injected her insulin openly, but a crass remark by a fellow pupil on a school trip changed all that. "I had to inject halfway up a mountain doing adventurous things and I had to inject in front of everyone," said Louise, who is from Oxfordshire. "One of the lads made a massive thing of it saying: 'Why do you have to do that in front of everybody? It's gross.'" Louise's confidence was knocked.
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