Experiencing diabetes-related pain or numbness? Hereโs how one doctor says some relief might be possible
Millions of Americans are living with diabetes. In fact, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 34 million people in the United States have it, and it can cause nerve pain.
Michigan Medicine, JDRF commit to raise $14M for new diabetes center
ANN ARBOR โ Michigan Medicine has partnered with type 1 diabetes research nonprofit JDRF to establish the new JDRF Center of Excellence at the University of Michigan. The goal of the center, through U-Mโs Elizabeth Weiser Caswell Diabetes Institute, is to accelerate research to cure type 1 diabetes and to improve lives. Ann Arbor resident Elizabeth Weiser Caswell and her father, Regent Ron Weiser, have made leadership gifts to kickstart the project. โMichigan Medicine is the ideal partner for JDRF,โ Caswell said in a news release. โThe JDRF Center of Excellence and the Elizabeth Weiser Caswell Diabetes Institute establishes us as one of the premier diabetes centers in the countryโand the strongest in the Midwest,โ Thomas Gardner, principal investigator of the JDRF Center of Excellence and EWCDI, said in a news release.
3 factors that significantly increase risk of death for young adults with COVID-19
New research shows which of those patients are at the highest risk for developing serious complications. Overall, three medical conditions significantly increased the risk of death: obesity, hypertension and diabetes. In particular, morbid obesity and hypertension more than doubled the risk of death, and the effect was additive. Essentially, having any of these three conditions raised a personโs risk from that of a young person to a middle-aged person. The same study found that 10% of young adults sick enough to be hospitalized with COVID-19 required a ventilator.
University of Michigan regent, wife donate $30M for new diabetes institute
ANN ARBOR University of Michigan Regent Ron Weiser and his wife, Eileen, have donated $30 million to the university to bolster diabetes research and develop life-changing therapies. The research will be in collaboration with Michigan Medicine and other schools and units within the university. The gift will see the establishment of the Elizabeth Weiser Caswell Diabetes Institute, named for the Weisters daughter whose husband and two sons have Type 1 diabetes. Elizabeth has been a relentless educator and advocate for people with diabetes and for diabetes research, Regent Weiser said in a news release. This gift is transformational, Marschall S. Runge, M.D., Ph.D., executive vice president for medical affairs, dean of the University of Michigan Medical School and CEO of Michigan Medicine said in a news release.
W.H.O. to take on high insulin prices; what does this mean for Americans with diabetes?
From 1997 to 2016, insulin prices rose from about $20 per vial to over $250 per vial, according to a report from the Washington Post. The high prices have forced some people with diabetes to use expired insulin, rely on crowdfunding, or taking less insulin than they need in order to ration their supplies. Since 2017, at least 10 Americans have died from having to ration their insulin, according to the Right Care Alliance. WHO aims to duplicate HIV drug successThe process the WHO is undertaking is known as prequalification. Several presidential candidates have been outspoken in their calls for lower drug prices.