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...Troglitazone, an experimental drug for treating the most common form of diabetes, may also help prevent the disease in nondiabetic obese people who have trouble metabolizing sugars even though they produce normal amounts of insulin...
Scientists have plenty of evidence that people who develop the most severe form of diabetes harbor a genetic predisposition for the disease. But so far, they have not been able to pinpoint what triggers the deadly illness, in which the body's immune system destroys vital insulin-producing cells in the pancreas. One longstanding hypothesis got a big boost last week when researchers at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh announced they had discovered compelling evidence that a virus is involved in Type I, or what used to be called juvenile diabetes. In their view, a viral infection causes the immune...
...infection in the pancreas. More to the point, Trucco and colleagues found that the microscopic intruder had triggered an overwhelming immune response much greater than what was needed to subdue the virus. Unfortunately, the pancreas is particularly vulnerable to such an assault, and much of the tissue that produces insulin -- a hormone enabling cells to use sugar -- had been destroyed...
...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...