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2006

• Joslin Diabetes Center Chosen to ‘Rethink’ How Personal Health Records Can Help Consumers Better Manage Their Health :  BOSTON, MA — December 14, 2006 — Joslin Diabetes Center has been selected as one of nine teams nationwide to participate in a landmark program from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) to design and test bold ideas for how consumers can use information technology to better manage their health and navigate the healthcare system.
• Compound Found To Reduce Vision Loss in People With Diabetes, Joslin-Chaired Study Shows:  BOSTON — December 12, 2006 — The findings of a Joslin Diabetes Center-chaired multi-center clinical trial published in the December issue of the journal Ophthalmology are encouraging news for the 230 million people worldwide who have diabetes and are at risk for diabetic eye disease.
• La Iniciativa en Diabetes Para Latinos de la Clínica Joslin Lanza Su Primera Audio-Novela Para Latinos/Hispanos Con Diabetes y Sus Familiares :  Boston — 14 de Noviembre, 2006 — La historia de Rosa, una audio-novela para Latinos con Diabetes, producida por la Iniciativa en Diabetes para Latinos de la Clínica Joslin, usa el arte de la narración para enseñar acerca de los retos en diabetes que enfrenta la comunidad latina.
• Joslin’s Latino Diabetes Initiative Launches Its First Audio-Novella for Hispanics/Latinos with Diabetes and Their Families:  BOSTON — November 14, 2006 — Rosa’s Story, an audio-novella from the Joslin Diabetes Center Latino Diabetes Initiative, uses the art of storytelling to educate listeners about the challenges of diabetes faced by the Hispanic/Latino population. The first-person accounts of a fictitious Latino woman with type 2 diabetes, and a teenager with pre-diabetes, are told in the new educational package.
• Joslin Study Shows Durability of Insulin Pump Therapy for Adolescents and Identifies Factors to Help Them Overcome Barriers to Success :  BOSTON — October 31, 2006 — In spite of its many advantages, there are many challenges to using an insulin pump to treat type 1 diabetes. Despite these challenges, however, more and more youngsters are choosing pump therapy, even though important questions remain about the pump’s effectiveness for this age group: With all its risks and demands, is it a method of treatment that children and teens can maintain? What causes adolescents to go off of pump therapy and how often does this occur? Is it possible to identify those youth unable to meet the demands of pump therapy and to find interventions that will help them succeed?
• Joslin Launches Free Online Educational Videos for People with Diabetes - Six Tests for Staying Healthy with Diabetes :  BOSTON — October 26, 2006 — Joslin Diabetes Center, global leader in diabetes research, care and education, announced today a new free educational tool on its Web site – the Staying Healthy with Diabetes video series. The set of six short videos gives people with diabetes important information about the regular tests they need to have done to live a healthier life. Several of Joslin’s internationally recognized physicians are featured in these videos.
• Joslin Diabetes Center Partners with Acadie-Bathurst Health Authority in Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada:  BOSTON—October 19, 2006—Joslin Diabetes Center, the global leader in diabetes research, care and education, has announced its partnership with Acadie-Bathurst Health Authority (ABHA) in New Brunswick, Canada. The new affiliate, which is located at Chaleur Regional Hospital, is Joslin’s first Canadian Affiliate.
• Walgreens and Joslin Diabetes Center Form Broad Alliance to Improve Diabetes Outcomes :  DEERFIELD, IL, and BOSTON, MA — Sept. 19, 2006 — Walgreens, the nation's largest drugstore chain, and Joslin Diabetes Center, the global leader in diabetes research, care and education, have formed a sweeping alliance to improve health outcomes for Americans with diabetes.
• Joslin Diabetes Center President C. Ronald Kahn, M.D., Plans to Step Down from Post to Pursue Research and Academic Career:  BOSTON — September 7, 2006 — Joslin Diabetes Center, global leader in diabetes research, care and education, announced today that C. Ronald Kahn, M.D., intends to step down as President to pursue his passion for research full time. Dr. Kahn will remain very active at Joslin as Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees.
• Joslin Diabetes Center Awards Victory Medal to New York Man Living 75 Years with Type 1 Diabetes :  BOSTON — August 9, 2006 — Joslin Diabetes Center, the global leader in diabetes research, care and education, will present its 22nd Joslin Victory Award Medal this Sunday, Aug. 13, to a New York man for living 75 years with type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetes. Robert L. Bates of New Windsor, NY, will be awarded the medal at his 80th birthday celebration at the Thayer Hotel at West Point, NY. The hotel coincidentally is commemorating its 80th anniversary.
• Joslin Diabetes Center Experts Offer Tips for Handling Summer Heat for People With Diabetes:  BOSTON — August 3, 2006 — The heat being experienced in many parts of the nation these days is tough enough for the average healthy person, but for the estimated 21 million Americans with diabetes, special precautions may be required, according to experts at Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston.
• Joslin’s New Book De-Mystifies Nutrition and Meal Planning To Help People with Diabetes Stay Healthy :  BOSTON — July 27, 2006 — Conflicting headlines in the news media about what foods are healthy to eat can be confusing, especially when you or a loved one has diabetes. Besides understanding the impact of each food on one’s blood glucose level, sorting through questions about fat, fiber, carbohydrates (carbs), sweeteners, the glycemic index and more can be daunting.
• Penta Family’s Love for Joslin Inspires New Dining Facility at Camp Joslin for Children with Diabetes :  BOSTON – July 18, 2006 - When campers arrived this summer for the start of summer camp at the Elliott P. Joslin Camp for Children with Diabetes in Charlton, MA, they found something new had been added to the camp over the winter -- a state-of-the-art dining hall.
• Joslin Diabetes Center Study Refutes Recent Report that Bone Marrow Can Replenish Female Oocytes :  BOSTON — June 14, 2006 — Ovulated egg cells, or oocytes, in adult female mice are not formed from germ cells in the blood or bone marrow. That's the conclusion of a new study led by investigators at Joslin Diabetes Center and Harvard University.
• Nationwide Long-term Study Shows Brain Function Not Impaired By Tight Diabetes Control and Severe Hypoglycemia :  BOSTON — June 12, 2006 — The landmark Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT) funded by the National Institutes of Health, which followed 1,441 people with type 1 diabetes for a decade until 1993, showed conclusively that tight blood glucose control significantly reduces the risk of developing complications of diabetes such as eye, kidney and nerve disease.
• Joslin Scientists Discover Surprising Signs of Residual Islet Cell Functioning in People with Type 1 Diabetes in the 50-Year Medalist Study :  BOSTON — June 12, 2006 — Scientists at Joslin Diabetes Center have discovered that a surprisingly high percentage of people with type 1 diabetes (insulin-dependent) who have had the disease for 50 years or longer (the Joslin Medalists) may still have residual functioning, insulin-producing islet cells and/or islet cell antibodies. The findings were presented June 12 at the American Diabetes Association (ADA) 66th Annual Scientific Sessions in Washington, D.C.
• Joslin Diabetes Center Researchers Pinpoint Causes of Adverse Reactions to Popular Type 2 Diabetes Drugs:  BOSTON—June 1, 2006—Used by several million people worldwide, rosiglitazone (RSG) is an oral agent that helps patients with type 2 diabetes maintain good blood glucose levels by improving how their bodies use insulin.
• WGBH's Popular “Arthur” Show Lends Support to Diabetes Awareness :  BOSTON — May 15, 2006 — “And now a word from us kids!” is a familiar line for anyone who has ever seen the popular animated series Arthur produced by WGBH Boston and Cookie Jar Entertainment that airs daily on PBS KIDS GO! And on May 17, those words will introduce a segment about healthy eating and diabetes management featuring 11-year-old Corinne, a patient with type 1 diabetes at Joslin Diabetes Center.
• Joslin Diabetes Center-Led Study Shows Different Insulin Signaling Components Control Glucose and Lipid Metabolism in the Liver :  BOSTON — May 12, 2006 — Insulin uses two distinct mechanisms to control glucose and the metabolism of blood fats (lipids) in the liver, a new Joslin Diabetes Center-led study has discovered.
• Joslin Diabetes Center Partners with St. John Health in Michigan :  BOSTON — May 9, 2006 — Joslin Diabetes Center, the global leader in diabetes research, care and education, has announced its partnership with Providence Hospital in Southfield, Mich., and St. John Providence Park Hospital in Novi, Mich. The Joslin Diabetes Center Affiliate, which opened April 10, offers the latest advances for treating diabetes and its complications as well as patient education and support services.
• Joslin Diabetes Center-Led Study Reveals New Findings on How Insulin-Producing Beta Cells Grow and Function:  BOSTON—April 23, 2006—A new Joslin Diabetes Center-led study has shown conclusively that two receptors in the insulin-producing beta cell do not affect developmental growth, refuting a long-held hypothesis in diabetes research. This finding is helping scientists in their efforts to isolate the growth factors that do stimulate beta cell growth and understand the defects in insulin production and secretion that cause diabetes.
• Big Hips, Big Belly? It's in Your Genes :  BOSTON — April 10, 2006 — Do you have big hips or a "beer" belly? Are you "apple-shaped" or "pear-shaped"? It makes a difference, since we know that abdominal obesity is linked to diabetes and many other metabolic conditions, such as the metabolic syndrome. What's new is that, according to a new study led by researchers at Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston, both obesity and body shape seem to be controlled by important genes that are part of the mechanisms regulating normal development.
• Joslin’s Annual Teddy Bear Clinic Set For Saturday, April 8 :  BOSTON – March 31, 2006 – More than 100 children and their families are expected to attend Joslin Diabetes Center’s Annual Teddy Bear Clinic on Saturday, April 8 from 1-3 p.m. in the 2nd floor Atrium at Joslin Diabetes Center. Joslin is located near the corner of Brookline and Longwood Avenues in Boston’s Longwood Medical Area.
• Joslin Researchers Reveal Mechanisms Behind A Class of Oral Agents Used to Treat Type 2 Diabetes:  BOSTON — March 9, 2006 — Thiazolidinediones (TZD's) are drugs commonly prescribed to patients with type 2 diabetes, the most common form of diabetes. Current U.S. Food and Drug Administration-approved agents are known as Actos (pioglitazone) and Avandia (rosiglitazone). These oral agents improve blood glucose levels in people with diabetes by improving insulin action in the body.
• Joslin Diabetes Center Study Provides First Physiological Evidence that Insulin is Critical for Blood Vessel Formation :  BOSTON — March 1, 2006 — For people with type 2 diabetes, the death rate from a first heart attack is two to three times the death rate of patients without the disease. Similarly, patients with diabetes and ischemic (reduced blood flow) heart disease have a much higher mortality rate than the general population.
• Joslin Diabetes Center Partners with Fremont Medical Center in Las Vegas :  BOSTON — February 24, 2006 — Joslin Diabetes Center, the global leader in diabetes research, care and education, has announced its partnership with Fremont Medical Center, a leading healthcare provider in Las Vegas, Nevada.
• Scientists Exploring Inflammation in Rheumatoid Arthritis Make Unexpected Discovery That One Day May Lead to New Treatments:  BOSTON — February 15, 2006 — What makes joints in people with rheumatoid arthritis, and related conditions like Lyme disease or lupus, so susceptible to attack by the body’s immune system, leading to painful flare-ups and deterioration? The answer may surprise you.
• Language Barrier Just One Roadblock to Diabetes Control for Chinese-Speaking Immigrants :  BOSTON — February 7, 2006 — Health providers helping Chinese-speaking Asian American immigrants with diabetes better control their disease to avoid complications need to do more than just have translators and bilingual staff in hospitals or doctors' offices.
• Study Using New Imaging Technology Detects Subtle Brain Changes in Patients with Type 1 Diabetes:  BOSTON — January 31, 2006 — Although people with diabetes are twice as likely as the general population to develop depression, the cause of this increased risk is not well understood. Now, a Joslin Diabetes Center-led collaboration has documented for the first time subtle changes in the gray matter of the brain of type 1 diabetes patients compared to control subjects who did not have diabetes.
• Joslin Diabetes Center Can Provide National Perspective on The New York Times' "Bad Blood" Series on the Impact of Diabetes:  BOSTON — January 11, 2006 — This week's New York Times' in-depth series, "Bad Blood," about the diabetes epidemic in New York City, is a compelling portrayal of New Yorkers struggling with the increased incidence of this devastating chronic disease. But the epidemic of diabetes is not limited to New York City.