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Research: Causes and Prevention

My brother, aged 24 years, was diagnosed with diabetes about 3 years ago. Can he lead a normal married life? Is diabetes hereditary? Is there any permanent cure?

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My 62 year old husband is 10 pounds overweight and has a very early stage of prostate cancer. I checked his sugar this morning and it was 130 mg/dl [7.2 mmol/L]. Could this possibly be the early stages of diabetes? Is there a connection between prostate cancer and diabetes?

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I know pancreatitis can cause diabetes, but can diabetes cause pancreatitis?

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Three weeks before my son was diagnosed with diabetes, he took steroids. I am now concerned that it was perhaps the steroids which triggered my son’s onset of diabetes and am inclined to avoid their use in my other child. Have any studies been done to examine the possible connection between steroids and the onset of diabetes in those genetically predisposed?

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I have three children, I have hypoglycemia along with Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, and we have family history of endocrine diseases. What is the typical time line for development of type 1 or type 2 diabetes? Are there any precursors? With a family history of endocrine diseases what, if anything, should be noted or tested for during my children’s routine physicals?

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My six year old has type 1 diabetes, and I am due with my third child in a few weeks. Do you believe it is worthwhile to use a formula that does not contain not cow’s milk?

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I’ve been doing some research and found that the spleen may play a role in getting diabetes. My dad’s spleen was removed and not too long after he got diabetes. Can you please tell me if the spleen really does play a significant role in getting diabetes?

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Have there been any studies that looked at the number of children who get type 1 diabetes and the giving of the childhood shots?

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My 12 year old son, diagnosed with type 1 diabetes about two months ago, got hepatitis B shots at seven and two months prior to his diagnosis. What study did the American Diabetes Association conduct to prove hepatitis B immunizations are safe for our children? If no study has been conducted,why?

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Can diabetes be prevented?

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