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Research: Causes and Prevention

I am 17 years old, I have had diabetes for almost three years, and when I was first diagnosed, my brother was tested to see if he had the genetic marker or trigger for diabetes, which he did. Are there any statistics or results published on the percentage of those who tested positive and have actually developed diabetes? Are there any preventative measures my family should be taking for him?

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Many people are suffering from diabetes and the number keeps rising in Hanoi. Could you please inform me of appropriate preventive actions against diabetes including diet?

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I just came across a magazine article that stated that children who are born to parents in their late forties to early fifties are at a higher risk for developing Type 1 diabetes. Why is this?

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I have read that the incidence of diabetes correlates with diet exercise, and body weight, and that people with a genetic predisposition to diabetes should avoid fatty foods, red meat, and foods high in refined sugar. Are there any scientifically established causal factors of diabetes? Do these foods themselves cause diabetes?

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I was doing some research about the affects of BSA at early ages and learned from my parents that I drank formulas for my first year, then was switched to cow’s milk, and was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes after chicken pox at the age of two. Do you think these two together could be the reason I got it? Are there any recent studies about the affects of BSA?

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I have type 1 diabetes and I have a healthy 15 month old son, who I switched him to soy formula last year as my endocrinologist suggested. What is the status of the reports that linked cow’s milk to onset of diabetes in high risk children/infants? Is this still true? Should I never give my son cow’s milk?

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My niece at the age of 16 developed type 1 diabetes after being prescribed accutane. Is there any central organization what would keep track of similar cases?

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Will eating too many sweets make someone susceptible to diabetes?

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My daughter began in the DPT-1 when she was four years old at which time she test positive for the antibodies and went on to the next step, but we pulled her from the study. Could the trauma of the GTT have played a part in her development of diabetes five years later?

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My now 22 month old cousin was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes one month after he went to the States. As my family has absolutely history of diabetes history, the doctor mentioned environmental changes and viral infection as possible causes. If that’s the case, would his diabetes be cured when he comes back to Singapore?

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