Artificial pancreas better than insulin pumps to treat
type 1 diabetes?
Toronto, Nov 27:
A study published in the journal The Lancet Diabetes &
Endocrinology suggests that artificial pancreas could be better than
conventional treatment to control and treat type 1 or juvenile diabetes, by
improving sugar control.
How does the artificial pancreas work?
Type-1 diabetes is a chronic condition resulted from
autoimmune destruction of the insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas.
This caused an increase in blood and urine glucose, which can cause vision loss
and cardiovascular diseases.
The external artificial pancreas is an automated system
that simulates the normal pancreas by continuously adapting insulin delivery
based on changes in glucose levels. Artificial pancreas exist in two
configurations
·
A single-hormone
artificial pancreas that delivers insulin alone
·
A dual-hormone
artificial pancreas that delivers both insulin and glucagon.
While insulin lowers blood glucose levels, glucagon has
the opposite effect and raises glucose levels.
What did the study find?
For the study, researchers compared the dual-hormone
artificial pancreas, the single-hormone artificial pancreas and the
conventional insulin pump therapy for sugar control in 30 adult and adolescent
patients diagnosed with Type-1 diabetes. All these patients were using an
insulin pump for at least three months before enrolling themselves in the
study.
‘Our study confirms that both artificial pancreas systems
improve glucose control and reduce the risk of hypoglycemia compared to
conventional pump therapy,’ explained engineer Ahmad Haidar, first author of
the study from Institut De Recherche Clinique De Montreal (IRCM).
What next?
The researchers are pursuing clinical trials on the
artificial pancreas to test the system for longer periods and with larger
patient cohorts. The technology should be available commercially within the
next five to seven years, with early generations focusing on overnight glucose
control.
29.11.2014
Now,
make farts smell like chocolate with these pills!
Washington, Nov 27: A French inventor, who has been working
for the past eight years on making farts smell better, has claimed that his
newest creation makes farts smell like chocolate. The 65-year-old Christian
Poincheval’s Lutin Malin, which translates to ‘crafty imp,’ is a line of pills
that help ease digestion and make farts smell like roses or violets, the
Mashable reported.
Poincheval wrote on his website that the
idea for the pills apparently came when they were at table with friends and
after a hearty meal, they almost suffocated as their farts were smelly.
Poincheval added that the winds were not very pleasant for their fellow diners
and so he had to do something.
A bottle of 60 pills that are reportedly
made from organic ingredients like blueberries, fennel and seaweed retails for
12.50 dollars. Poincheval added that he sells several hundred a month and
Christmas always see a surge in sales.
29.11.2014
The dream is not that you see in sleep,
dream is which does not let you sleep
Dr. Abdul Kalam
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