Diabetes Awareness Month at UF: November 2015
Nearly 30 million children and adults in the United States have diabetes. Learn more about diabetes awareness events planned at UFDI throughout November here.
Nearly 30 million children and adults in the United States have diabetes. Learn more about diabetes awareness events planned at UFDI throughout November here.
UFDI researcher Anastasia Albanese-O’Neill, Ph.D., ARNP, CDE contributed to this ADA publication in Diabetes Care.
Two major UFDI publications are cited in a UF News global impact article.
UFDI Director Mark Atkinson, Ph.D. and Insulin for Life found a way to recycle unused diabetes supplies.
They found that clinically significant anxiety among children who are overweight or obese is associated with increased body dissatisfaction and parent psychological distress, as well as decreased health-related quality of life.
UFDI investigators Desmond Schatz, M.D. and Anastasia Albanese-O’Neill, Ph.D. discuss patient participation in clinical trials in this diaTribe article.
UFDI investigators and collaborators found that granulocyte colony stimulating factor monotherapy did not affect C-peptide production, HbA1c, or insulin dose.This study supports the continued exploration of G-CSF and other mobilizing agents in subjects with T1D, but only when combined with immunodepleting agents where synergistic mechanisms of action have previously demonstrated…
UFDI Investigator Janet Silverstein, M.D. and collaborators examined the frequency of depressive symptoms among youth with T1D and T2D enrolled in Pediatric Diabetes Consortium registries. They identified depression symptoms in 13 percent of T1D and 22 percent of T2D participants. For youths with T1D, but not T2D, depressive symptoms correlated…
This is your chance to be creative & promote diabetes awareness. Blue circles are the global symbol associated with diabetes. Take a picture that has one or more blue circles in it and become a diabetes advocate. You can wear a blue circle, paint it, make it, form it,…
UFDI investigators and collaborators at Arizona State University found that the Epstein-Barr virus may have a role in type 1 diabetes development.