[Diabetes-talk] Lest WE Have No Hope, Read and Ponder

[Joy Stigile]

Hi!

I like the results of this study because I was diagnose with Diabetes in 
1966.  But, what concerns me is the fact that it states in the beginning it 
is an "advertisement".  Is this correct or did I read it wrong.

Thanks, Joy

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2012 2:36 PM
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Lest WE Have No Hope, Read and Ponder


> From: acb-diabetics-bounces at acb.org [mailto:acb-diabetics-bounces at acb.org]
> On Behalf Of Patricia LaFrance-Wolf
> Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2012 12:01 PM
> To: Acb-Diabetics at Acb. Org
> Subject: [acb-diabetics] life expectancy of type 1 increased by 15 years
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> <http://www.diabetesincontrol.com/diabetes-in-control-newsletters/639>
> Issue 639
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> Lifespans for Type 1 Diabetes Patients Getting Longer by 15 Years
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> Life expectancy significantly increased among individuals with type 1
> diabetes during a 30-year, long-term prospective study....
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> Description: cid:image001.gif at 01CD7E02.4FDC1470
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> Advertisement
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> Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh found that study participants
> diagnosed with type 1 diabetes between 1965 and 1980 lived around 15 years
> longer than participants diagnosed between 1950 and 1964. During the same
> period, the life expectancy of the general U.S. population also increased 
> by
> less than one year.
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> Rachel Miller, M.S., statistician at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate
> School of Public Health, stated that, "The estimated 15-year life 
> expectancy
> improvement between the two groups persisted regardless of gender or age 
> at
> diagnosis."
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> The study findings are based on individuals who took part in the 
> Pittsburgh
> Epidemiology of Diabetes Complications (EDC) study. Participants of the
> study were diagnosed with the disease between 1950 and 1980.
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> Trevor Orchard MD, senior author and professor of epidemiology, pediatrics
> and medicine at the University of Pittsburgh, said, "Type 1 diabetes
> mortality rates are known to have decreased over time, but recent life
> expectancy estimates for those diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in the 
> United
> States are lacking."
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> "Therefore, we estimated life expectancy of the EDC study cohort and were
> impressed to see such an improvement - a tribute to how modern day 
> treatment
> has dramatically changed the outlook for those with childhood onset of 
> type
> 1 diabetes."
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> The researchers found that the mortality rate for participants diagnosed
> with type 1 diabetes between 1950 and 1964 was 35.6% vs. 11.6% of those
> diagnosed between 1965-1980.
>
> Type 1 diabetes occurs when the pancreas produces little or no insulin to
> control blood glucose levels. The disease, which is generally treated with
> insulin replacement therapy, is usually diagnosed in children and young
> adults.
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> This disease is caused by an overactive immune system - the patient's body
> attacks the insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas, mistaking them 
> for
> harmful pathogens.
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> "Improvements in the life expectancy of type 1 diabetes" Trevor Orchard et
> al Diabetes July 30, 2012, doi: 10.2337/db11-1625
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> Related Articles
>
> ADA: First U.S. Type 1 Registry with 25,000 Participants Publishes Results
> <http://www.diabetesincontrol.com/articles/53-diabetes-news/12935-ada-first-
> us-type-1-registry-with-25000-participants-publishes-results>
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