All posts tagged with type 1 diabetes

(Natural News) For the longest time, diabetes has been divided into two classifications: Type 1 diabetes and Type 2 diabetes. Yet, as a new study has demonstrated, it may not be as simple as that. The study, which was published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, suggests that diabetes comprised five clusters, with Type 2 […]

(Natural News) A recent study published in the journal Diabetes Care revealed that patients with diabetes were at an increased risk of severe infections and infection-related death compared with the general public. As part of the study, a team of researchers at the University of St George’s London pooled data from 102,493 English primary care patients aged 40 […]

(Natural News) According to scientists, “winter weight gain” could be partly caused by a lack of sunlight exposure during winter. Researchers from the University of Alberta have announced that the according to the results of their study, the fat cells under our skin shrink once exposed to the “blue light” emitted by the sun. Peter Light, […]

(Natural News) The future of people who have type 1 diabetes looks hopeful as a recently published study said that around one-third of people who suffer from the condition produce insulin, as measured by C-peptide, a byproduct of insulin creation. The research shows that it impacts people up to 40 years from their initial diagnosis, […]

(Natural News) Mornings are not only great, but healthy too. Recent studies show that exposure to high levels of vitamin D, especially in childhood, greatly reduce the risk of being diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. Research background In 2004, a multinational study involving 8,676 children began, in order to find out if higher-vitamin D levels […]

(Natural News) Type 1 diabetes is a chronic autoimmune disease in which a patient’s own immune system attacks and destroys the cells needed to produce insulin to control blood-sugar levels. Doctors often diagnose this type of diabetes in childhood or early adulthood. Though the exact cause of Type 1 diabetes is unknown, new research has […]

(Natural News) The nation’s health has seen better days: 100 million people in the United States has diabetes or pre-diabetes, the precursor condition to this serious disease. This grim figure comes from the bi-annual National Diabetes Statistics Report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), reported Yahoo.com. “Consistent with previous trends, our research […]

(Natural News) (NaturalNews) You won’t find “diabulimia” on any official lists of medical or psychiatric conditions, but it’s a widely recognized term in the Type 1 diabetes community. The word refers to people with Type 1 diabetes who deliberately skip insulin injections in order to lose weight – thereby causing their blood sugar levels to […]