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23:00:00 02/05/12
Type 1 Diabetes Kids
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Type 1 Diabetes Kids - UCTV: Growing Up with Type 1 Diabetes
A childhood diagnosis of type 1 diabetes can be devastating. But it doesn't have to be with the right about of family support to help the child cope and adjust to their new life. Dr. Steven Edelman talks with noted pediatric endocrinologist Dr. Sherry Franklin and her daughter Victoria, who has type 1 diabetes, for a unique perspective on how to live successfully with the disease. Series: "Taking Control of Your Diabetes (TCOYD)" [11/2011] [Health and Medicine] [UCTV Show ID: 20828] Original Title: Taking Control of Your Diabetes: Growing Up with Type 1 Diabetes
Background Information
Diabetes mellitus type 1 (Type 1 diabetes, T1DM, IDDM, or, formerly, juvenile diabetes) is a form of diabetes mellitus that results from autoimmune destruction of insulin-producing beta cells of the pancreas. The subsequent lack of insulin leads to increased blood and urine glucose. The classical symptoms are polyuria (frequent urination), polydipsia (increased thirst), polyphagia (increased hunger), and weight loss. Incidence varies from 8-17/100,000 in Northern Europe and the U.S., with a high of about 35/100,000 in Scandinavia, to a low of 1/100,000 in Japan and China.[4] Eventually, type 1 diabetes is fatal unless treated with insulin. Injection is the most common method of administering insulin; other methods are insulin pumps and inhaled insulin. Pancreatic transplants have been used. Pancreatic islet cell transplantation is experimental, though growing. Most people who develop type 1 are otherwise healthy. Although the cause of type 1 diabetes is still not fully understood, it is believed to be of immunological origin. Type 1 can be distinguished from type 2 diabetes via a C-peptide assay, which measures endogenous insulin production. Type 1 treatment must be continued indefinitely in all cases. Treatment is not intended to significantly impair normal activities, and can be done adequately if sufficient patient training, awareness, appropriate care, discipline in testing and dosing of insulin is taken. However, treatment remains quite burdensome for many people. Complications may be associated with both low blood sugar and high blood sugar, both largely due to the non-physiological manner in which insulin is replaced. Low blood sugar may lead to seizures or episodes of unconsciousness and requires emergency treatment. High blood sugar may lead to increased fatigue and can also result in long term damage to organs. (Source Wikipedia)
Type 1 Diabetes Kids
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11:00:00 08/13/11
Acute Care Surgery Service In ER Speeds Decision Making, Inflammation Pathway in Asthma, Hand Hygiene Reduces School Absenteeism (Week in Review)
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(Aug 8, 2011 - Insidermedicine) From Pennsylvania - Two articles in the journal Cancer find that smoking right after waking up in the morning is associated with an increased risk of lung and head and neck cancers.
(Aug 13, 2011 - Insidermedicine )
From Toronto - A report in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons finds that the use of an acute care surgery service in emergency departments can reduce the time it takes to make a decision about surgery by 15%. In a subgroup of appendicitis cases, researchers found a reduction in decision time of 30%. The researchers also found a 20% decrease when measuring emergency department overcrowding when using this service.
From Pittsburg, a molecular pathway tied to increased mucus production and inflammation has been identified in asthma patients. The research, published in this week%rsquos Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, reveals how epithelial cells in asthmatic patients differ from those who do not suffer from the disease, and offers the potential for novel treatment strategies.
And finally, from Denmark - A new report published in the American Journal of Infection Control finds that increasing hand hygiene in elementary schools can decrease student absenteeism. Students were taught about proper hand hygiene and asked to use an ethanol gel 3 times a day. Comparing attendance from the study period, to the same period in the previous year there was a 66% decrease in the number of students who were absent for 4 or more days, and a 20% increase in children with zero absences
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03:53:46 06/26/11
The Conspiracy Of Silence (Preview)
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How hard is it to seek for proper medical treatment in Indonesia? The answer is: it is as hard as searching for a needle in the haystack. The poor have been kept as outcast who can never have access to health services. The rich always seek treatment overseas. At the same time, the victims of malpractices whose right have been violated almost all end up with zero results when comes to justice. The Conspiracy Of Silence is deeply woven inside the corps of Indonesian medical doctors. Whereas, the rights of patients are consciously silenced and ignored without any protection from the government.
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03:53:46 06/26/11
The Conspiracy Of Silence (Preview)
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How hard is it to seek for proper medical treatment in Indonesia? The answer is: it is as hard as searching for a needle in the haystack. The poor have been kept as outcast who can never have access to health services. The rich always seek treatment overseas. At the same time, the victims of malpractices whose right have been violated almost all end up with zero results when comes to justice. The Conspiracy Of Silence is deeply woven inside the corps of Indonesian medical doctors. Whereas, the rights of patients are consciously silenced and ignored without any protection from the government.
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20:05:10 03/28/11
Preventing government health-care rationing
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Preventing government health-care rationing
"All Americans deserve personalized treatment and should be able to get the care that they and their doctors decide is best for them. No Washington bureaucrat should interfere with that right by substituting the government's judgment for that of a physician." -US Senate Republican Whip Jon Kyl on the introduction of the PATIENTS Act -- new legislation that serves as a pro-patient firewall to protect patients' access to high-quality care by prohibiting the federal government from using comparative effectiveness research (CER) to delay or deny care. Many physicians believe that using CER inevitably leads to health-care rationing by putting cost cutting above the needs of patients. Aired March 28, 2011. From: SenJonKyl Views: 377 17 ratings Time: 06:46 More in News & Politics
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20:05:10 03/28/11
Preventing government health-care rationing
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Preventing government health-care rationing
"All Americans deserve personalized treatment and should be able to get the care that they and their doctors decide is best for them. No Washington bureaucrat should interfere with that right by substituting the government's judgment for that of a physician." -US Senate Republican Whip Jon Kyl on the introduction of the PATIENTS Act -- new legislation that serves as a pro-patient firewall to protect patients' access to high-quality care by prohibiting the federal government from using comparative effectiveness research (CER) to delay or deny care. Many physicians believe that using CER inevitably leads to health-care rationing by putting cost cutting above the needs of patients. Aired March 28, 2011. From: SenJonKyl Views: 378 17 ratings Time: 06:46 More in News & Politics
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12:00:00 12/15/10
Video: HIV cure could be on the horizon
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A man is cured, doctors are stunned and patients have new hope. It could be the cure for HIV. It worked on one man in Germany and now a San Francisco company is trying to do replicate the results in the United States. "We have this patient in Berlin who develops leukemia, gets a bone marrow transplant from donor who has a genetic anomaly, he lacks CCR5 genes. It turns out CCR5 is the key doorway for HIV to get into the cell," explains Quest Research's Dr. Jacob Lalezari. Now, four years later with no other treatment that patient is HIV free. The goal now is to replicate what happened in Berlin. Experts at Quest Research are removing CCR5 from patients genes, replicating them and then putting them back. Dr. Lalezari says without CCR5 the virus can't infect new cells and it eventually goes away. It's a development HIV patient Matt Sharp is counting on. "I've exhausted all my possibilities for drug treatment," he says. Three months into the gene therapy trial Sharp's numbers are improving. "From the experiment so far my T-cells have doubled, my percentage numbers are up, everything is going in the right direction," he says. Only time will tell if the new treatment can actually cure patients. So far Quest Research is treating ten patients with the gene therapy and experts call their results encouraging.
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12:03:00 12/10/10
Video: Post-cancer workouts
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Carolyn Newman's right arm is noticeably larger than her left. She developed lymphedema two years after completing treatment for breast cancer. "I had 13 lymph nodes removed and as a result of it, I really don't have a filter system in my arm and my arm gets full of fluid. It feels heavy all the time and I'm very self-conscious about it," she says. 30 percent of all breast cancer survivors develop lymphedema. "What the lymph node does is essentially the sewage system of our bodies. It cleanses the fluids that we have," explains physical therapist Josette Mullins. Think of lymphedema as a backup on the expressway when the number of traffic lanes is suddenly reduced. Until recently, exercise was believed to be harmful to lymphedema sufferers. "The thinking before was if you put too much stress son the arm, it's going to cause more swelling and then your lymphedema is going to get worse," Mullins says. Now a new study finds breast cancer patients should be lifting weights instead of restricting arm movements. Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania divided women into two groups. One lifted weight twice a week, the other did not. After a year the group that lifted weights had less swelling than the group that didn't. Her lymphedema inspired Carolyn to design decorative sleeves to wear over compression stockings for the swelling. "I'm thrilled the study is out," she says. Now she's inspired to return to the gym and start working with weights again, something she hasn't done since being diagnosed with breast cancer four-and-a-half years ago.
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12:03:00 12/10/10
Video: Post-cancer workouts
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Carolyn Newman's right arm is noticeably larger than her left. She developed lymphedema two years after completing treatment for breast cancer. "I had 13 lymph nodes removed and as a result of it, I really don't have a filter system in my arm and my arm gets full of fluid. It feels heavy all the time and I'm very self-conscious about it," she says. 30 percent of all breast cancer survivors develop lymphedema. "What the lymph node does is essentially the sewage system of our bodies. It cleanses the fluids that we have," explains physical therapist Josette Mullins. Think of lymphedema as a backup on the expressway when the number of traffic lanes is suddenly reduced. Until recently, exercise was believed to be harmful to lymphedema sufferers. "The thinking before was if you put too much stress son the arm, it's going to cause more swelling and then your lymphedema is going to get worse," Mullins says. Now a new study finds breast cancer patients should be lifting weights instead of restricting arm movements. Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania divided women into two groups. One lifted weight twice a week, the other did not. After a year the group that lifted weights had less swelling than the group that didn't. Her lymphedema inspired Carolyn to design decorative sleeves to wear over compression stockings for the swelling. "I'm thrilled the study is out," she says. Now she's inspired to return to the gym and start working with weights again, something she hasn't done since being diagnosed with breast cancer four-and-a-half years ago.
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12:01:00 11/16/10
Video: Vaccine fights Prostate Cancer
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It's estimated that one in six men in the United States will get prostate cancer, but researchers at the University of California San Francisco say a new treatment could make the disease a thing of the past. It's called Provenge. "What Provenge does is it really allows us to stimulate the immune system to really activate and target the cancer," explains Dr. Lawrence Fong. It works in three stages. First cells from the immune system are drawn from the blood stream. Then they're sent to a lab where they are stimulated and whipped into top shape. Afterwards the cells are put back into the patient's body, where they'll start fighting the cancer. Dr. Fong says it's like sending the immune system to boot camp. "We sort of reset and re-energize the immune system in that way to be able to target the cancer cells," he says. If successful, doctors hope life will go on for more patients by developing vaccines for every cancer. So far about 20 patients have enrolled in the trial, but University of California San Francisco is looking for more. Right now the vaccine is only being used to treat people who have recently been diagnosed with prostate cancer and are planning to undergo surgery. Once the trial is over they hope to being treating men with the vaccine as a preventative measure.
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22:30:00 06/21/10
''Life for my Child!'' – Part 1
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Celia and Helena are both 29, pregnant and like millions of African women HIV-positive. The highest rate of infection in Africa is the transmission of HIV from mother to child. Infected patients can reduce the risk of transmission with the right precautions and medical treatment. And Celia and Helena have that chance. They are receiving treatment in a center that has come to the aid of more than 15,000 women in the past six years. But how do these women live with their disease and go about everyday life? We take a closer look.
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22:30:00 06/21/10
''Life for my Child!'' – Part 1
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Celia and Helena are both 29, pregnant and like millions of African women HIV-positive. The highest rate of infection in Africa is the transmission of HIV from mother to child. Infected patients can reduce the risk of transmission with the right precautions and medical treatment. And Celia and Helena have that chance. They are receiving treatment in a center that has come to the aid of more than 15,000 women in the past six years. But how do these women live with their disease and go about everyday life? We take a closer look.
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00:00:00 03/27/09
Controversies in Spine Trauma: Injury Prevention and Treatment
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Though a cure for Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) remains elusive, a strong emphasis should rightfully be placed on injury prevention efforts, especially since so many of these injuries affect young patients injured under commonly avoidable circumstances. As demonstrated in several case examples, legislative actions have demonstrably shown reduction of injury rates. The controversies of choosing a specific type of surgical intervention in patients with complex cervical spine fractures are addressed in the second portion of this program. (Series: Seventh Annual Harborview Spine Symposium: Improving Outcomes of Spinal Injury)
