Of Continuing Interest
- Make plans to attend CWD's Friends for Life UK, to be held at the Beaumont House, Old Windsor, Berkshire from August 14-16, 2009.
- Make plans to attend CWD's Focus on Technology: La Jolla 2009 conference, to be held at the Marriott San Diego La Jolla from October 2-4, 2009 in La Jolla, California.
- Make plans to attend CWD's Family Support Weekend: Marco Island 2010 conference, to be held at the Marco Island Marriott Resort from December 31, 2009 - January 3, 2010.
New This Week
Top Stories
- We report on the recently completed Friends for Life: Orlando 2009 annual conference. We'll have the complete report and more photos online in the coming week.
- Make plans to attend CWD's Focus on Technology: Seattle 2009, to be held at the Renaissance Seattle in Seattle, Washington from November 20-22, 2009.
- CJ Has Diabetes is a free, online comic book about a teen living with type 1 diabetes.
- Last week's poll asked readers if they have sought counseling. This week's poll asks readers how they get their HbA1c measured.
- The Featured Book of the Week is 50 Diabetes Myths That Can Ruin Your Life and the 50 Diabetes Truths That Can Save It by Riva Greenberg.
- Our Diabetes Care Photos are Worth a Look.
- This week's Humorous Tidbit is:
I never thought my five-year-old daughter would use diabetes to her advantage. One day after lunch at the mall, I treated her to an ice cream dessert. I wanted to have a little taste of it. I asked her if I could have a few licks, hoping she would graciously share. Instead she said, "Mom you'll mess up the carb count!"
- You know you're the parent of a child with diabetes when you go into the bathroom and find your 3-year-old son peeing into a Dixie Cup, and when asked why, he looks up at you and replies, "Well I have to test my peetones." See more parent humor.
Featured Diabetes Team Question of the Week
- The Featured Ask the Diabetes Team Question of the Week is:
On two recent occasions, my son has taken "vacation days" from diabetes, skipping insulin on those days. How should I deal with this? I am concerned he will start to do this more frequently.
See the answer.
From the CWD Forums
- From the CWD Forums:
Meal IOB question
Quilt for Life
- The Quilt for Life has 709 panels.
Diabetes Videos
- Breaking Through Neonatal Diabetes (HD).
- WCBS-TV profiles Team Type 1 triathlete and TriStar Athletes Coach & Owner Cliff Scherb, explaining how his OmniPod helps him manage his Type 1 diabetes.
- Nick Boynton of Florida Panthers talks about his type 1 diabetes.
Advocacy, Fundraising Events, and Support
- The American Diabetes Association Now Accepting Applications For The 2010 National Youth Advocate. The ADA's National Youth Advocate (NYA) position is open to young people ages 12-17 years old (as of October 1) with type 1 or type 2 diabetes. Applications must be postmarked by October 1, 2009.
- The Diabetes Scholars Foundation has teamed up with Find A Cure Panel, which will donate a minimum of $25 to the Diabetes Scholars Foundation for each survey completed.
- The Diabetes Scholars Foundation is hosting a bowling/silent auction on Saturday August 29, 2009 at 6:00 pm. The event will be held at the Brunswick Zone in Deer Park (Lake Zurich), Illinois. Registration is online at www.diabetesscholars.org/bowl.
Research
- Long-term metabolic control of autoimmune diabetes in spontaneously diabetic nonobese diabetic mice by nonvascularized microencapsulated adult porcine islets.
- HbA1c and serum levels of advanced glycation and oxidation protein products in poorly and well controlled children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus.
- Incidence of insulin-requiring diabetes in the US military.
- Temporal Trends In Incidence Of Type 1 Diabetes Between 1986 And 2006 In Brazil.
- Markers of bone destruction and formation and periodontitis in type 1 diabetes mellitus.
Daily Care
- Modern-Day Clinical Course of Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus After 30 Years' Duration. See also Intensive Glucose Control Halves Complications of Longstanding Type 1 Diabetes, Clinical Course of Type 1 Diabetes Called Much Improved and Tight Management of Type 1 Diabetes Worth the Effort; Rates of serious complications drop with intensive therapy, study shows.
- Benefits of Continuous Subcutaneous Insulin Infusion in Type 1 Diabetes Previously Treated with Multiple Daily Injections with Once-daily Glargine and Pre-meal Analogues.
- Nighttime caregiving behaviors among parents of young children with Type 1 diabetes: Associations with illness characteristics and parent functioning.
- Dyadic measures of the parent-child relationship during the transition to adolescence and glycemic control in children with type 1 diabetes.
- Prevalence of diabetic retinopathy in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus. Free full text available in HTML and PDF formats.
Celiac
- Celiac Disease Insights: Clues to Solving Autoimmunity.
- A food-grade enzyme preparation with modest gluten detoxification properties. Free full text available in HTML and PDF formats.
- Symptoms and signs in individuals with serology positive for celiac disease but normal mucosa.
- An Association Between Microscopic Colitis and Celiac Disease.
Legal and Legislative
- Wis. father on trial in girl's faith-healing death.
Diabetes in the Popular Press
- Ankeny girl meets with lawmakers and celebrities.
- Camp helping kids cope with diabetes.
- First young diabetes patient in Palestine receives insulin pump.
- Breakthrough in diabetes treatment.
Press Releases
- Elron Group Company Medingo Receives Formal FDA Clearance To Market Its Insulin Micropump In The United States (PDF). See also Elron shares rocket on new diabetes pump.
- Patton Medical Devices Partners With Unomedical to Develop and Market the i-port Advance(TM) Injection Port for People Taking Multiple Daily Injections.
- FDA Fast Track Status For Oral GI Prokinetic Drug Candidate TZP-102 - For Gastroparesis In Diabetic Patients.
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