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2003 Archived News

  • Joslin Diabetes Center and Gulf Diabetes Specialists Center in Bahrain Team Up to Launch Region’s First Treatment Center to Address Growing Diabetes Epidemic  :  [December 11, 2003] — Joslin Diabetes Center and the Gulf Diabetes Specialists Center in Bahrain have signed a five-year agreement to establish a state-of-the-art treatment center to provide specialty care for people with diabetes. Located in Manama next to the Salmaniya Medical Complex and Arabian Gulf University, the Joslin Diabetes Center Affiliate – Bahrain is the region’s first medical center devoted entirely to the treatment of diabetes and related complications. The new center is in the final stages of construction, and is expected to officially open early in 2004.
  • It’s Never Too Late To Start Exercising and Losing Weight to Have a Healthier Cardiovascular System, Joslin Study Shows  :  [December 4, 2003] – There’s good news on the research front for those who want to shed some pounds and get in shape this holiday season. A new study by Joslin Diabetes Center researchers shows that obese adults who lost just 7 percent of their weight – or 16 pounds in a 220-pound, 5’5” tall woman – and did moderate-intensity physical exercise for six months improved their major blood vessel function by approximately 80 percent, regardless of whether or not they had type 2 diabetes.
  • Joslin Diabetes Center Launches Program to Help Primary Care Physicians and Staff Teach Patients How to Better Manage Their Diabetes  :  [November 19, 2003]— Joslin Diabetes Center announced today that it will pilot Joslin Diabetes SmartStart™, an educational program to help primary care physicians and their staffs improve treatment for patients with diabetes by teaching patients critical self-management skills. Set for a one-year trial in the greater New York City and Detroit areas, the Joslin Diabetes SmartStart™ Program aims to equip 800 primary care physicians with tools and information to better handle the increasing number of patients who need specialized care in the wake of the diabetes epidemic.
  • Joslin Experts Offer Tips on How Parents Can Protect Youngsters from Type 2 Diabetes  :  [November 4, 2003] — Parents, teachers and others who work with children and teens can do much to help youngsters avoid developing type 2 diabetes, according to experts at Joslin Diabetes Center. “If you are a parent, a teacher, a coach, a mentor, or anyone who cares for young people, like me, you may be very concerned about this troubling growth in the occurrence of type 2 diabetes. You can learn what you can do to help,” says Lori Laffel, M.D., M.P.H., Chief of the Pediatrics and Adolescent Unit at Joslin in Boston.
  • Joslin’s Discussion Boards for Teens with Diabetes and Their Families Provide Opportunity To Learn More About Diabetes  :  [November 4, 2003] – Adolescence can be an especially challenging time for any teenager and their parents, but teens with diabetes and their families have the added challenge of ensuring that the teen incorporates good diabetes care into their busy lives. But thanks to support from a generous family, a new online resource is now available to teens with diabetes and their parents. Joslin Diabetes Center’s Discussion Boards for teens with type 1 or type 2 diabetes who are age 13 years and older, and a separate board for families of kids with diabetes, give both teens and their parents an opportunity to learn more about diabetes and to learn more from the experiences of others living with diabetes. These boards are designed to provide a safe place for teens and parents to ask questions about diabetes.
  • Study Shows Joslin’s ‘Care Ambassador’ Program Helps Kids with Diabetes Better Manage the Disease  :  [October 15, 2003] — Youngsters with diabetes who have poor blood sugar control are at higher risk of developing serious complications such as heart disease and blindness later in life. For some time health professionals have been seeking cost-effective ways to help keep these children on track. A new study by researchers at Joslin Diabetes Center shows that adding a case manager, or a “care ambassador,” to keep in touch with the child and the family between medical visits, help coordinate the child’s diabetes care and provide additional educational services, can make a significant difference in helping the child and the family control blood sugar levels.
  • Former Joslin President Dies at 83  :  [October 14, 2003] — Robert F. Bradley, M.D., former President of the Joslin Diabetes Center, died on Sunday, October 12, at the age of 83. Dr. Bradley began his Joslin tenure as a physician in 1950. He served as Medical Director of the Joslin Clinic and Vice President of the Joslin Foundation from 1968 to 1977. Dr. Bradley served as President of the Joslin Diabetes Center from 1977 to 1987.
  • Joslin Diabetes Center Adds New Affiliate in Evansville, IN  :  [October 1, 2003] — Joslin Diabetes Center, the world leader in diabetes research and care, announced today its newest affiliate, St. Mary’s Medical Center in Evansville, Indiana. People with diabetes in Southwestern Indiana now can turn to the Joslin Diabetes Center program at St. Mary’s for the latest advances in the treatment of diabetes and its complications, as well as patient education.
  • Joslin and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Sign New Joint Venture Clinical Agreement  :  [September 23, 2003] — Joslin Diabetes Center and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) have signed a five-year agreement that expands and improves the longstanding clinical collaboration between these two institutions to provide preeminent specialty care for people with diabetes.
  • Type 2 Diabetes Linked to a Family of Metabolic Genes  :  [July 8, 2003] — An ambitious and exhaustive genetic study, led by investigators at the Joslin Diabetes Center and the Children’s Hospital Boston Informatics Program, has pinpointed a group of genes that are involved in type 2 diabetes and shows that the activity of these genes changes even before overt diabetes develops. The study appears in a July 2003 edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
  • Increased Family Involvement Helps Teens Manage Their Diabetes, Joslin Study Shows  :  [July 7, 2003] — The teen years often are a special challenge for youngsters with type 1 (insulin dependent) diabetes. Rather than being attentive to what they eat and drink and routinely checking their blood sugar levels and making sure they get the proper amounts of insulin, many adolescents become careless about their diabetes care and prefer to join their peers without diabetes in eating and drinking whatever they want. The results can be out of control, skyrocketing blood sugar levels that — if maintained over a period of time — can lead to serious diabetes complications, like blindness, heart disease or kidney damage.
  • Joslin Study Shows that Kidney Disease in People With Type 1 Diabetes is Frequently Reversible in Its Earliest Stage  :  [June 3, 2003] — A new study by Joslin Diabetes Center researchers published in this week's New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) is good news for the thousands of Americans with type 1 diabetes who have microalbuminuria, the earliest sign of kidney disease.
  • Joslin’s Newest Book Aims to Help Asian Americans with Diabetes Live Healthier Lives  :  [May 30, 2003] — Which is a healthier choice: beef with broccoli or Kung Pao chicken? Lean pork or salted fish? These are among tips included in Joslin Diabetes Center’s newest publication, Staying Healthy with Diabetes: A Guide for the Chinese American Community. This truly unique book, written in Chinese and English and slated for international distribution, provides culturally specific tips for diabetes management to a population severely affected by the diabetes epidemic. The Guide is a large component in Joslin’s Asian American Diabetes Initiative designed to raise awareness of diabetes among Asian Americans and healthcare providers on local and national levels.
  • Joslin Diabetes Center Scientist Elected to National Academy of Sciences  :  [May 5, 2003] — Diane J. Mathis, Ph.D, Co-head of the Section on Immunology and Immunogenetics at the Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston, has been elected to membership in the prestigious National Academy of Sciences (NAS). Dr. Mathis, a senior investigator at Joslin and a professor at the Harvard Medical School, was among 72 new members and 18 foreign associates from 11 countries honored for distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.
  • Joslin Study Shows Insulin Resistance Is Poor Predictor of Type 2 Diabetes in Those with No Family History of the Disease  :  [March 3, 2003] — Although insulin resistance has been shown to predict the development of type 2 (adult onset) diabetes in people at high risk for the disease — including those whose parents both have diabetes — Joslin Diabetes Center researchers report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) that insulin resistance by itself is a poor predictor of who will develop type 2 diabetes in people who have no family history of the disease. These studies suggest other hereditary factors, such as genetic factors, likely play more of a role in causing the disease.  This new finding could one day lead to new treatments to delay or prevent the disease, according to the researchers.
  • Researchers Shed Light on Role of Leptin in Obesity  :  [February 19, 2003] – A research team led by investigators at Joslin Diabetes Center has made a discovery that puts scientists one step closer to understanding the link between obesity and the hormone leptin. The new finding, which also involves researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston and University of Washington’s Harborview Medical Center, appears in the February 20th issue of the journal Nature. The study one day may lead to new treatments for obesity.
  • Joslin Is One of Seven Institutions Nationally To Receive Federal Funding To Train Researchers in Childhood Diabetes  :  [February 3, 2003] — Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston is one of seven medical institutions across the country that have been awarded research training and career development grants by the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK). The grants are designed to enlarge the pool of pediatric endocrinologists conducting diabetes research. Joslin was chosen for the grant because of its strong research program in childhood diabetes.
  • New Study Shows that Someday It May Be Possible To Stay Slim, Avoid Type 2 Diabetes — and Live Longer — While Eating What You Want  :  [January 23, 2003] — Imagine being able to throw away those diet books and eat whatever you want without becoming fat, and — as a bonus — not develop diabetes and live longer as well. A new study led by Joslin Diabetes Center researchers and published in the Jan. 24 issue of the journal Science brings scientists one step closer to turning this scenario — no doubt the dream of the estimated 60 million overweight American adults — into a reality.
 
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