Q. I heard today there is an injection given directly into the pancreas in Canada which has 95% cure rate for adult onset diabitis. Is this true? Who can I contact for more information and/or appointment?
A. Sorry to say, but Tamarak is correct. Unfortunately you have heard a bit incorrectly. The "Edmonton Protocol" is a treatment for only those with TYPE 1 diabetes, the rare severe form that is not preventable and often first occurs in childhood (i.e. juvenile diabetes).
Due to the fact that there is a shortage of donors, a poor success rate, and the fact that the recipient must take toxic drugs that cause cancer (the average recipient dies within 10 years of the transplant, and the transplants often fail within 1 year leaving the person back on insulin), this procedure is only for those who have unexpected repeated blackouts and seizures from unstable Type 1 diabetes. That is, their diabetes is SEVERELY immediately life-threatening.
Some of these people will just pass out without warning and will have a seizure.
Because Type 2 diabetes ("adult onset") is linked to poor diet, obesity, and lack of exercise in 90% of cases, and can be treated well in most cases with lifestyle changes and medication, this is not considered a viable treatment for Type 2 diabetes.
Also, since Type 2 diabetics have insulin resistance and are often overweight, they will need much more donor tissue than a Type 1 diabetic ever would. Since there is already a shortage of donor islets, there is virtually no chance that the millions of Type 2 diabetics would ever be treated using this particular method.
If you insist, here is the contact information:
http://www.islet.med.ualberta.ca/cand.html
Note that you have to be a Canadian Type 1 diabetic, and below a certain body weight.
Due to the fact that there is a shortage of donors, a poor success rate, and the fact that the recipient must take toxic drugs that cause cancer (the average recipient dies within 10 years of the transplant, and the transplants often fail within 1 year leaving the person back on insulin), this procedure is only for those who have unexpected repeated blackouts and seizures from unstable Type 1 diabetes. That is, their diabetes is SEVERELY immediately life-threatening.
Some of these people will just pass out without warning and will have a seizure.
Because Type 2 diabetes ("adult onset") is linked to poor diet, obesity, and lack of exercise in 90% of cases, and can be treated well in most cases with lifestyle changes and medication, this is not considered a viable treatment for Type 2 diabetes.
Also, since Type 2 diabetics have insulin resistance and are often overweight, they will need much more donor tissue than a Type 1 diabetic ever would. Since there is already a shortage of donor islets, there is virtually no chance that the millions of Type 2 diabetics would ever be treated using this particular method.
If you insist, here is the contact information:
http://www.islet.med.ualberta.ca/cand.html
Note that you have to be a Canadian Type 1 diabetic, and below a certain body weight.
Does diabitis have a cure ?
Q. and no i dont have diabitis
A. The medical establishment says there is no cure and that the best you can do is control the blood sugar with diet and exercise. Many doctors insist that it's progressive no matter what you do, and that eating right only slows the progression of the disease.
However...
1. One doctor has a book out claiming that a strict vegan diet for many months can reverse the course of diabetes. Whether it ever restores the pancreas to full health or not is the question.
2. Getting a pancreas transplant can cure it, in that the person now has a healthy pancreas. However, if the same forces that made the original pancreas go bad are still there (auto-immune reactions, for one), then even this may not be a lasting cure. And besides, once a person has a transplant, they have to take anti-rejection medication for the rest of their lives.
3. Cloning a person's healthy pancreatic tissue would seem to be the best answer, and research is being done along these lines, but they haven't reached a point where this is available as a treatment.
However...
1. One doctor has a book out claiming that a strict vegan diet for many months can reverse the course of diabetes. Whether it ever restores the pancreas to full health or not is the question.
2. Getting a pancreas transplant can cure it, in that the person now has a healthy pancreas. However, if the same forces that made the original pancreas go bad are still there (auto-immune reactions, for one), then even this may not be a lasting cure. And besides, once a person has a transplant, they have to take anti-rejection medication for the rest of their lives.
3. Cloning a person's healthy pancreatic tissue would seem to be the best answer, and research is being done along these lines, but they haven't reached a point where this is available as a treatment.
Why are so many Americans over weight ?To much junk food ,lack of exercise or what?
Q.
A. It's not just junk food, it's all food: too much, too many fats, too many calories, too much salt, too many carbohydrates and little or no exercise. I think you should be able to eat everything in proportion. Not double portions, not 2 hamburgers instead of 1, not 3 hotdogs instead of one. Instead of going to the Drive in perhaps a walk to the favourite fast food restaurant would help some.
It's little wonder that Diabitis has reached pandemic proportions. There are a lot of people who are going to be finding out pretty soon about nutrition, appropriate foods and portions as well as learning what a balanced diet is.
They will be healthier, feel better and for sure they will look better.
It's little wonder that Diabitis has reached pandemic proportions. There are a lot of people who are going to be finding out pretty soon about nutrition, appropriate foods and portions as well as learning what a balanced diet is.
They will be healthier, feel better and for sure they will look better.
What are the 10 leading causes of mortality or morbility in the Philippines?
Q.
A. Morbidity: Pneumonia, Diarrhea, Bronchitis, Influenza, Hypertension, TB Respiratory, Heart Disease, Malaria, Chicken Pox, Measles
Mortality: Heart Disease, Vascular System Disease, Malignant Neoplasm, Pneumonia, Accidents, TB, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases, Certain Conditions originating in the perinatal period, Diabitis Melitus, Nephritis
This is from the DOH website
Mortality: Heart Disease, Vascular System Disease, Malignant Neoplasm, Pneumonia, Accidents, TB, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases, Certain Conditions originating in the perinatal period, Diabitis Melitus, Nephritis
This is from the DOH website
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