From the NDIC: Diabetes Research and News
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) sent this bulletin at 06/13/2013 12:04 PM EDTTo view as a web page, click here.
June 2013
Study Finds Lower Death Rates for People with Diabetes
Death rates for people with diabetes—especially due to heart disease and stroke—dropped significantly from 1997 to 2006.
NIH Study Shows Big Improvement in Diabetes Control over Past Decades
More people are meeting recommended goals in the three key markers of diabetes control. The measures are A1C—which assesses blood sugar (glucose) over the previous three months—blood pressure and cholesterol.
Researchers Induce Beta Cell Gene Expression in Pancreatic Alpha Cells
Researchers treating human and mouse cells with compounds that modify cell nuclear material called chromatin have induced the expression of beta cell genes in pancreatic alpha cells.