Health News: [diabetes ]: Wow of the Week: A potential breakthrough toward a cure for type 1 diabetes

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Health News : diabetes - News from other sources.   Wow of the Week: A potential breakthrough toward a cure for type 1 diabetes Sat, 22 Jun, 2013 05:07 AM PDT Boston Children's Hospital stirred up some buzz this week when it said its researchers had made a breakthrough that could change the face of diabetes treatment. On its Vector blog, the hospital called attention to a study published earlier this year in the journal Diabetes that identified a cert... Continue reading Courageous Dundee father Martin, 34, loses battle against diabetes Sat, 22 Jun, 2013 04:24 AM PDT Martin's mum, Linda, said her son was "car daft", and made a point of driving himself to dialysis sessions whenever he was able. D C Thomson Martin and Gayle on their wedding day. Continue reading Dad invents diabetic-friendly sports drink Sat, 22 Jun, 2013 04:07 AM PDT When his athletic son was diagnosed with diabetes, a father invented a sports drink just for him and others like him. Continue reading Lucy bounces back to health Sat, 22 Jun, 2013 03:20 AM PDT DEVASTATED parents kept a bedside vigil alongside their eight-month-old daughter as she slipped in and out of a coma after being diagnosed as the youngest person in the North East for 20 years to have diabetes. Continue reading Diabetes scare a wake-up call for physician Sat, 22 Jun, 2013 02:06 AM PDT Dr. Mary Clifton admits she didn't know much about nutrition until a routine blood test taken six years ago showed that she was borderline diabetic. Continue reading Whitby athlete charges ahead after diabetes diagnosis Sat, 22 Jun, 2013 01:42 AM PDT WHITBY -- When Kevin Collins was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in 2008, he thought he had no future in sports. A highly competitive athlete playing rep hockey at the time, the otherwise healthy Grade 8 student at St... Continue reading

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