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Research: Causes and Prevention

I have had diabetes for 26 years and my infant daughter has the high risk genes. We are in the TEDDY study. Should I avoid giving her gluten? Should I give her cod liver oil? I want to do whatever I can to prevent her from getting diabetes.

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My 3 year old son was diagnosed as Insulin dependent 5 months ago after contracting E. coli which resulted in Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome. Have you ever heard of insulin dependence resulting from HUS or E. coli?

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I have had Type 1 diabetes for 12 years. I have heard that it is caused by a virus, others say it is hereditary. Which is true?

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What do you make of the latest reports about the association between type 1 diabetes and Hib vaccine?

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My four year old daughter has had type 1 diabetes for about a year, and I am breast-feeding my seven month old son. I have read a lot about a possible connection between cows’ milk and diabetes. Would you recommend that siblings of children with diabetes be put on soy milk rather than cows’ milk?

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I’m interested in prevention of type 2 diabetes in children and adolescents. Are there any data regarding how to prevent type 2 diabetes in families at risk?

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My seven year old son has type 1 diabetes, and my other son who does not have not diabetes received fewer immunizations and in a different order. Is the order in which immunizations are received being studied as a trigger?

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I’m interested in learning more about the specific constituents of cow’s milk, such as the betacaseins. I would like to know if it is possible to know if the milk sold in the grocery store contains betacasein A1, A2 or B? Also, I’ve read that, theoretically, soy based products have as much risk as dairy products. Why is that?

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Can you give me any information on the protein GAD and how it corresponds to type 1 diabetes? I have a four year old daughter who was diagnosed with type 1 about 2 months ago.

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My six year old son was diagnosed two years ago with type 1 diabetes. Around the same time, he began showing signs of geographic tongue, a rare disorder, the cause of which is unknown. I saw a reference to diabetes mellitus under possible causes. Could there be a relationship between my son’s two conditions?

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