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Depression has been linked with worse survival in a 20-year observational study of patients with type 1 diabetes….
Read More »Higher Risk of Excess Weight in Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes
With already increased risk of weight gain in adolescents with type 1 diabetes, certain traits in these children can also be markers for even higher weight gain….
Read More »AACE: Liraglutide demonstrates benefits to both Type 1 Diabetics and Non-diabetics
This year at AACE, two studies were presented demonstrating liraglutide’s potential benefits in new patient populations. According to the studies, liraglutide appears to work both as an add-on to insulin in type 1 diabetes and as a weight-loss agent in nondiabetic patients.
Read More »Children with Type 1 Diabetes Show Early Abnormalities in Glucagon Response
A new study revealed young type 1 diabetes patients exhibited abnormal plasma glucagon responses to mixed meal tolerance tests within two years of diagnosis, according to researchers from the Diabetes Research in Children Network….
Read More »Benefits of Insulin Pump Use in Type 1 Diabetic Pregnancies
The use of insulin pumps during pregnancy could be beneficial….
Read More »ADA/JDRF Type 1 Diabetes Sourcebook, Excerpt #23: Physical Activity, Part 5
Sheri R. Colberg, PhD, and Michael C. Riddell, PhD Extreme Athletic Events Despite the challenges presented by participation in long-duration athletic events, many individuals with T1D are currently training for and participating in such events. Research in this area is lacking, but a handful of studies have attempted to investigate …
Read More »Vitamin D’s Effect on the Progression of Pre-type 1 Diabetes
Children with different levels of islet autoantibodies studied…
Read More »ADA/JDRF Type 1 Diabetes Sourcebook, Excerpt #22: Physical Activity, Part 4
Sheri R. Colberg, PhD, and Michael C. Riddell, PhD EXERCISE WITH COMPLICATIONS OR OTHER HEALTH CONDITIONS: Relative and Absolute Contraindications The ADA and others have stressed the importance of appropriate screening procedures to clear patients for participation in exercise.157–164 For patients with T1D, all of the diabetes-associated complications (microvascular and …
Read More »ADA/JDRF Type 1 Diabetes Sourcebook, Excerpt #21: Physical Activity, Part 3
Sheri R. Colberg, PhD, and Michael C. Riddell, PhD Hypoglycemia Associated with Physical Activity Hypoglycemia risk. Hypoglycemia is the most common negative side effect of exercise, ranging from mild to life threatening in severity. The incidence of hypoglycemia during or after a single bout of moderate-intensity exercise in children and …
Read More »Sheri Colberg, PhD, ADA 2013, Q7: How do exercise guidelines differ for people with type 1 and 2 diabetes?
Dr. Colberg goes over the exercise guidelines for patients with type 1 and 2 diabetes and outlines the differences. She explains that type 1 diabetes patients especially need to be more conscious of hypoglycemia risk during and after aerobic exercise while type 2’s should also be aware of this but …
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