Word: insulin
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...virus may be to blame for nearly 1 million cases of Type I diabetes in the U.S., the most severe form of the disease. Also known as juvenile diabetes, because it develops during childhood or adolescence, the ailment requires patients to have a daily insulin shot. The new findings, published in the journal Nature, don't indicate a cure anytime soon but could eventually lead to a vaccine...
This is not to deny that some people genuinely need Ritalin, just as others need tranquilizers or insulin. But surely an epidemic of attention deficit disorder is a warning to us all. Children need individual supervision. Many of them need more structure than the average helter-skelter household provides. They need a more consistent approach to discipline and schools that tailor teaching to their individual learning styles. Adults too could use a society that's more flexible in its expectations, more accommodating to differences. Most of all, we all need to slow down. And pay attention...
...Perhaps if we expose the system to insulin and occasionally shut off the hormones that make insulin, [to allow the cells to rest], we can stop Type I diabetes," says Dr. Richard C. Eastman, director of the NIDDK division of diabetes, endocrinology and metabolic diseases...
Another hypothesis suggests that the immune system will develop a tolerance to insulin if large doses of the substance are introduced into the body. It is possible that an immune system acclimated to the high insulin levels would be less likely to attack the insulin-producing cells, according to Wilson...
Five people who were injected with small doses of insulin did not develop diabetes during the study, though one became diabetic after the study, conclusion. The seven who were not treated with insulin all developed diabetes within three years...