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

[Mike Freeman]

Joy: 

The article is not an advertisement. The at is the way the web site pays for itself. 

Mike 

On Aug 19, 2012, at 22:56, "Joy Stigile" <joystigile at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi!
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> 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
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> ----- 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
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>> 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.
>> 
>> 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.
>> 
>> 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."
>> 
>> "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.
>> 
>> 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.
>> 
>> "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
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>> 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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