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Diabetes and Adoption
Rachel and her husband chose to adopt a baby instead of meeting the challenges of handling a high risk pregnancy and Rachel’s type 1 diabetes at the same time. She shares their thought process and ultimate happy ending about the decision to bring a child into their lives.
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Chris Matthews Makes Time for Diabetes
Hosting Hardball on MSNBC and The Chris Matthews Show keep Chris Matthews working long hours. But Matthews got a lesson in priorities and made some life changes when he was diagnosed with type 2.
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A Chihuahua with Diabetes
Olivia and her dog both have diabetes and today they comfort and encourage each other through the rigors of dealing with the disease. Plus, find out what it means when your domestic pet is diagnosed with diabetes.
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Smoking and Diabetes
Smoking has severe effects on your diabetes and your health. Learn why diabetes and smoking are an especially bad combination and get some tips from the experts on how to quit.
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Continuous Glucose Monitors
CGM is a relatively new technology, but the information it provides is invaluable. Find out what CGM offers and whether it could help you.
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Latest Type 1 Issues Articles
If enough people join the cause, maybe someday we’ll be able to change the old nursery rhyme to say, “This little piggie cured diabetes.”
It’s a Boy! It’s a Girl! It’s a Medical Grade Piglet!
Oct 20, 2008
Back in 2007, a gleaming porker barn, unlike anything ever before seen in the annals of pigsty architecture, began operations in western Wisconsin. Known as the Diabetes Research and Wellness Foundation Islet Resource Facility, the barn is operated by the Spring Point Project. The Project's ultimate goal is to provide an unlimited supply of high-grade pig pancreatic islets for transplant into people with diabetes.
Now Spring Point Project, like a proud parent, is "pleased to announce" the birth of several litters of second-generation piglets, the first piglets suitable for actually donating islet cells. When clinical trials start, hopefully within a year and a half, Spring Point will provide the islets for transplant into patients. They fully expect that by using their islets, a cure for diabetes will be possible.
Unfortunately, raising these pristine piggies requires pork-barrel level spending. Even the air that they breathe must be filtered. To be precise, it costs fifty dollars a day to maintain a single porker in the manner to which it has become accustomed. Fortunately, however, you can help by "sponsoring a pig." To sponsor a pig of your own, visit SpringPointProject.org.
If enough people join the cause, maybe someday we'll be able to change the old nursery rhyme to say, "This little piggie cured diabetes."
Source: Spring Point Project
Categories: Islet & Pancreas Transplant, Type 1 Issues
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