| Welcome to the January
2007 edition of Access Digest -- our second anniversary!
This month we are spotlighting a new medical technology
that offers much potential for the eradication
of diseases -- including diabetes. Stem cell research
is a fascinating field that we should all try
to understand. In this issue we'll provide some
articles that hopefully answer some of your questions:
What are adult and embryonic stem cells and what
is their relationship to islet cells? Why not
just perform more whole-organ pancreas transplants?
Our Lifestyle Tip for January renews our
new year's resolutions to live a more healthy
lifestyle by become more active and eating right.
Our Recipe of the Month is a healthy treat
that can replace some of those rich holiday desserts
and cookies, Baked Apples.
As always, when you see "Read
More" at the end of an article, or
something that is underlined, you can click
on it to be linked to another Web site
where you'll find more information. When you find
a site that you may want to visit again in the
future, you can bookmark it.
Each month we receive
questions from our readers. We post some of the
more frequent questions and answers for everyone
to read. If you have questions or comments of
your own, please e-mail them to us at the end
of this issue.
We hope you enjoy this issue of our newsletter.
Thank you for choosing Access Diabetic
Supply as your choice for diabetic supplies. |
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Why Not More Pancreas Transplants? |
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Each year, approximately 1,300
people with type 1 diabetes receive whole-organ
pancreas transplants. After a year, 83 percent of
these patients, on average, have no symptoms of
diabetes and do not have to take insulin to maintain
normal glucose concentrations in the blood. If whole-organ
pancreas transplants are so successful in eliminating
a patient's insulin dependence, the natural question
is "why don’t more people receive whole-organ pancreas
transplants?"
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Harvard Stem Cell Research Shows Promise |
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The permanent reversal of Type 1 diabetes in mice
may end the wrenching debate over harvesting stem
cells from the unborn to treat adult diseases.
Researchers at Harvard Medical School killed cells
responsible for the diabetes, then the animals'
adult stem cells took over and regenerated missing
cells needed to produce insulin and eliminate
the disease.
Read more
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Adult Stem Cells
May Treat Diabetes |
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| Adult stem cells from human bone marrow may
help treat type 2 diabetes. That's the early finding
from lab tests on diabetic mice. Tests on people
haven't been done. The researchers studied male
mice with high blood sugar like that in type 2
diabetes.
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What
are stem cells, and what might they mean for medicine? |
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| Stem cells are
tiny, but they draw big-time attention from scientists,
patients, lawmakers, celebrities, and people of
every other background. If you think of your body
as a car, so far doctors have had the ability
only to repair a defective part or, at best, take
a part out of another car and put it into you
(organ transplantation). Stem cells can theoretically
grow and develop into any spare part you need,
so it is as if the doctor can just call the car
manufacturer and get the original replacement
part. As you can imagine, this could have the
potential to cure a tremendous number of diseases.
Read More |
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Healthy Living: Lifestyle Tip &
Recipe of the Month |
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January Lifestyle
Tip: Achievable New Year's Resolutions
Take Steps toward
Better Health. Many people begin each year with
the hope of fulfilling lofty New Year's resolutions,
only to find out too soon that they can't keep
up with their own goals. By taking the Choose
to Live Challenge, we encourage people with diabetes
to make "mini-resolutions" each month and learn
more about the best ways to care for their diabetes.
With the holiday season over, the focus of our
January Lifestyle Tip is to identify ways to get
you more active and eating better in the new year.
Maintaining a healthy lifestyle isn't easy. By
taking small steps, you can adopt good habits
which will add up to better health in the long
run. Try some of these tips to improve your overall
health.
Read More
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| January Recipe:Baked Apples |
| This
month our featured recipe is Baked Apples,
a holiday treat that can be a healthy replacement
for rich traditional desserts.
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| Ingredients -
Baked Apples
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| Ingredient |
Measure |
| Apples |
2 whole apples, cores removed |
| Raisins |
1 Tbsp |
| Orange juice |
1 cup |
| Ground Cinnamon |
pinch |
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Preparation
Peel and core the apples. Coat
with the orange juice on the outer
surface. Stuff with the raisins. Sprinkle
on the cinnamon.
Place in Pyrex baking cups.
Bake in a 350°F oven for 25 - 30 minutes,
or until fork pierces surface easily.
Serve warm or cold. |
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Nutritional
Information - Turkey, Spinach
and Apple Wrap |
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| Recipe makes two servings;
amount per serving: |
| Calories |
74 |
| Cholesterol |
0 mg. |
| Total Fat |
0 mg. |
| Sodium |
0 mg. |
| Carbohydrates |
10 g. |
| Protein |
0 g. |
| Exchanges per serving |
1-1/2
Fruit |
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Questions & Answers - Ask the
Experts |
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Each month our staff answers questions and
asks for your feedback. However, if you have urgent
questions about your order or your meter, we encourage
you to call our customer care department at 1-800-276-5712.
We do our best to answer all questions, but we
also encourage you to consult your physician.
Below are a few of the typical questions
our customer care department has answered on this
month's theme. Each question is linked to a Web
site that gives an answer and provides more detail.
We hope you find this section helpful. |
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