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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>FYI, I found this to be very interesting. Read below and open the link for more information.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Article:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.6pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Roboto Slab";color:#5A5245'><img width=719 height=480 style='width:7.4895in;height:5.0in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D97C59.D0C22BE0" alt="A young child and her mom talking with a doctor in the clinic. "></span><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#8C806C;mso-ligatures:none'>Pressmaster / Shutterstock</span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Roboto Slab";color:#5A5245;mso-ligatures:none'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:.2in;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Roboto Slab";color:#5A5245;mso-ligatures:none'>In type 1 diabetes, your body mistakenly attacks and destroys certain cells in your own pancreas. These cells normally make a molecule called insulin. Without insulin, the sugar glucose builds up in your blood. This can cause serious health problems.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:.2in;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Roboto Slab";color:#5A5245;mso-ligatures:none'>Current treatments for type 1 diabetes include frequent testing of blood glucose and insulin injections. But researchers have been working on a new approach called artificial pancreas systems. These automated systems contain a blood glucose monitor and an insulin pump. The monitor provides constant feedback to the pump. The pump then supplies insulin to the body when needed.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:.2in;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Roboto Slab";color:#5A5245;mso-ligatures:none'>Past studies showed that such systems work well in adults and older children. Scientists tested an artificial pancreas system in 68 children, ages 2 to 5, with type 1 diabetes. They compared their blood glucose levels with those of 34 children receiving standard care.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:.2in;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Roboto Slab";color:#5A5245;mso-ligatures:none'>After three months, children with the artificial pancreas showed more stable blood glucose levels than the kids getting standard care. They had about three more hours per day of better blood glucose control. The benefits were greatest during the night, when kids would be sleeping.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:.2in;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Roboto Slab";color:#5A5245;mso-ligatures:none'>“Artificial pancreas systems have the potential to improve all-day blood glucose control in these young patients,” says NIH diabetes expert Dr. Guillermo Arreaza-Rubín. “This could help ease concerns about the long-term effects of type 1 diabetes on children’s health.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:.2in;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Roboto Slab";color:#5A5245;mso-ligatures:none'>More study is needed to see how well the artificial pancreas system works in young kids over long periods of time.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Link:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://newsinhealth.nih.gov/2023/05/artificial-pancreas-helps-kids-diabetes">Artificial Pancreas Helps Kids With Diabetes | NIH News in Health</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I believe that our organization is senior heavy and we provide information related to the senior population. It is very obvious that more and more young people is developing diabetes and I believe that we should do more to inform our youth about diabetes. Diabetes Action Network, what do you say???<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-ligatures:none'>Walter Mitchell<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-ligatures:none'>President, Ohio Diabetes Action Network<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-ligatures:none'>(513) 250-2432<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-ligatures:none'><a href="mailto:Walterl.mitch2@gmail.com"><span style='color:blue'>Walterl.mitch2@gmail.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-ligatures:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-ligatures:none'>Purpose:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-ligatures:none'>The Diabetes Action Network Educate, Empower and Inspire blind and visually impaired people to independently and confidently manage diabetes!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>