1331. -April 28, 2004 STUDY LINKS BLOOD PROTEINS TO DIABETES Blood proteins suggesting early artery damage might also be early warning signs of diabetes, researchers say. Diabetics are known to face an increased risk of circulatory problems, artery disease and heart attacks. But a study found possible evidence of artery damage as much as eight years before diabetes was diagnosed. The study, which appears in today’s Journal of the American Medical Association, strengthens the evidence linking diabetes with silent inflammation, which…… . Spokesman-Review, The (Spokane, WA)-December 16, 2003 Sugar Mommy, The incidence of gestational diabetes is on the rise, but women at risk can usually control the problem with diet and exercise Amber Lee, who is expecting her third child in February, didn’t have any symptoms of diabetes when she took a routine blood-sugar test a few weeks ago. Still, she wasn’t shocked when results came back telling her she had gestational diabetes. Lee, a 23-year-old full-time mom from Ritzville, falls into a couple of high-risk groups: She is overweight and both her parents suffer from type 2 diabetes. “I guess I wasn’t really…… . (AL)-November 20, 2003 UAB TO TEST POSSIBLE CURE FOR DIABETES WILL START ISLET CELL TRANSPLANTS IN HOPE OF REVERSING DISEASE UAB will start performing experimental islet cell transplants to reverse Type 1 diabetes in patients as early as next month, officials announced Wednesday. Dr. Devin Eckhoff, director of transplantation at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, said doctors will begin evaluat ing patients next week for the clinical trial, which has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration and human research safety committees. Five patients will be chosen for transplants that will…… . -November 17, 2003 Detecting diabetes Deadly disease growing as Americans eat more, exercise less What disease strikes more Americans than breast, lung and colon cancers combined?Diabetes. And experts predict the number of cases of this disease is going to continue to rise as baby boomers age and young adults continue to tip the scales towards obesity. November, National Diabetes Awareness Month, is a good month to find out if you are one of the estimated 20 million people who have prediabetes, a condition where a person has a higher than normal blood sugar level. The…… . -November 16, 2003 Saving the lives of children, Parkview partnership educates students on diabetes A program started a year ago to prevent Allen County children from dying of juvenile diabetes is working, organizers say. And as the program develops, it may help in preventing the increasing number of children contracting Type 2 diabetes, generally known as adult-onset diabetes. The program, a partnership between Parkview Hospital, Fort Wayne Community Schools and East Allen County Schools, is one of the first in the nation. A nurse specializing in diabetes care and education works…… . Newsday (Melville, NY)-October 21, 2003 Is That Insulin Shot Necessary? / In cats, diabetes doesn’t always mean injections are needed Diabetes equals insulin. Or does it?When it comes to feline diabetes, that correlation is not a foregone conclusion. The idea that all diabetic cats need to be on lifelong insulin injections “stems from a misunderstanding of how cats develop diabetes, ” says Deborah Greco, a diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine and a staff internal-medicine specialist at the Animal Medical Center in Manhattan. “Most vets learned that…… . -September 22, 2003 Targeting 2 epidemics, FDA closing in on clinical trials to treat diabetes and obesity Targeting 2 epidemics FDA closing in on clinical trials to treat diabetes and obesity By Penni Crabtree and Terri Somer COPLEY NEWS SERVICE The Food and Drug Administration is exploring ways to speed new drugs to market to treat diabetes and obesity, an effort that could prove a boon for biotechnology companies and spur new research. In January, FDA Commissioner Mark McClellan announced an initiative to improve the regulatory process for drug developers, and singled out the…… . -September 17, 2003 CLUB NOTES, Diabetes group celebrates first anniversary Diabetes affects 17 million Americans annualy according to the American Diabetes Association Web site. And if you’re a sufferer who lives in Wilmington, information on the disease has been hard to come by ever since the Coastal Diabetes Center closed down in 1999. That’s when the center’s former diabetes educator and the hospital’s former wellness center employee, Trish Snyder, joined forces to create a diabetes support group for the area. …… . Post-Standard, The (Syracuse, NY)-September 5, 2003 A REAL CAN-DO ATTITUDE, FAMILY COLLECTING CANS TO COMBAT JUVENILE DIABETES Liz Cleveland, of Mexico, panicked when her daughter, Emily, 8, was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes a year ago. There was no history of diabetes in her family or her husband’s family, so Cleveland never thought her daughter would get the disease. She blamed herself and threw away all her cookbooks. Cleveland said she felt so hopeless. “When they have a boo-boo or something, you can fix it, ” she said, “but you can’t fix…… . -August 10, 2003 EARLIER START OF DIABETES FORCES CHOICES FOR LONG RUN Summary: Tiffany Summers, 14, is part of the growing trend of “adult onset” diabetes among youths When 14-year-old Tiffany Summers went to a dance recently, she made sure she carried her lip gloss and hairbrush in a minibackpack. She also packed syringes, insulin and glucose tablets. Tiffany has Type 2 diabetes. She takes two pills a day, injects insulin into skin tissue beneath the stomach, monitors her diet, tests her blood-glucose level before each meal and……