First type I diabetes prevention trials
Article Abstract:
Clinical trials are underway to see if insulin administered nasally can prevent the development of insulin-dependent, or type I, diabetes. Type I diabetes is an autoimmune disease in which the body produces antibodies against pancreatic islet cells, which produce insulin. Research has revealed that proteins that are introduced into the body through mucous membranes are protected from immune attack. This led researchers to try nasally administered insulin in mice who had been bred to develop diabetes. Only 25% to 30% of treated mice developed diabetes compared to 90% of untreated mice.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 1997
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Guidelines for treating erectile dysfunction issued
Article Abstract:
The American Urological Association has recommended the use of 3 treatments for erectile dysfunction, or impotence. They include vacuum constriction devices, drugs called vasodilators that are injected into the penis and penile prostheses. Vacuum constriction involves putting a cylinder attached to a vacuum pump over the penis. The vacuum makes the penis become erect and an elastic band maintains the erection. Injected drugs include alprostadil, papaverine and phentolamine. Prostheses include a rigid but flexible rod or an inflatable device.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 1997
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