Diabetes Mellitus
More than 90% of Diabetics have NIDDM
- Almost all variations on diabetes are actually variations of NIDDM,
i.e. diabetes intermittens, latent diabetes, maturity-onset diabetes of the young.
The rest are IDDM diabetics
Women are twice as likely to die from diabetes as from breast cancer.
New non-invasive glucose test being tested that uses IR-spectroscopy to
make glucose measurements ($7,000+ each)
The diabetes control and complications trail (DCCT)
- 1441 IDDM patients
- 10-year study
- Conventional treatment, multiple insulin injection, and insulin pump
groups
- Results: Moderate to close monitoring (as in the nonconventional groups)
shows a 60% reduction in risks for development of diabetic retinopathy,
nephropathy, and neuropathy.