Both beta and alpha islet cells combine to regulate the bodys glucose and islet cells can be harvested from cadavers and transplanted. The Journal of Diabetes reports that the new method is to extract the islet cells, let them rest for three days, then transplant them into a living recipient. All those in the experimental program were able to come off insulin after a single transplant for a least one year. Data from countries where this procedure is approved shows patients can stop using insulin for five to ten years. SEE RELATED: You want energy and enthusiasm? Here is the real deal An estimated 26 million Americans have been diagnosed with diabetes with another 79 million at risk and 18.8 million remaining undiagnosed.
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Diabetes Doesn’t Seem to Raise Risks After Knee Replacement
There was no significant increase in the risk for complications after total knee replacement for patients with controlled or uncontrolled diabetes, compared to those who did not have the disease, the study authors found. Rates of complications, such as deep infection, deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism (when a blood clot reaches the lungs) were similar in those with diabetes and those who did not have the condition, according to the report released online and published in the March print edition of the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. The researchers noted, however, that nearly 57 percent of the patients with diabetes who underwent a total knee replacement were obese, compared with about 40 percent of those who did not have diabetes. A related disease or condition affected 17.5 percent of the patients with diabetes, compared with just 2.4 percent of the other patients. The study findings also indicated that patients with uncontrolled diabetes were not at greater risk for heart attack or a readmission to the hospital, and 1.2 percent of these patients had revision surgery, compared with 1.7 percent of patients whose diabetes was controlled. — Mary Elizabeth Dallas Copyright 2013 HealthDay.
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Dannon® Light & Fit® and the American Diabetes Association Join to Promote Healthy Eating
Dannon is also one of the inaugural sponsors of the Tour de Cure: Womens Series. This is the Associations first event to be focused specifically on women women who are active, want to cycle together and help raise funds to help find a cure for diabetes. Dannon Light & Fit will also be supporting other selected community based events such as Tour de Cure and Step Out: Walk to Stop Diabetes to reinforce their healthy eating messages at the local level. For more information on the relationship, please visit http://www.diabetes.org/donate/sponsor/national-sponsors.html . For the nearly 26 million Americans living with diabetes1, management of diabetes can be overwhelming at times.
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