Diabetes, America's Disease

Currently in the United States, there are 23.6 million people, consisting of both children and adult's alike living with a form of diabetes.



Diabetes is defined by the American Diabetes Association as, "a disease in which the body does not produce or properly use insulin. Insulin is a hormone that is needed to convert sugar, starches and other food into energy needed for daily life."



Type 1 diabetes results from the body's inability to produce insulin, a hormone that tells your cells to perform some of their functions, such as picking up glucose from the blood stream. Type 1 diabetes make up for only 5-10 percent of diagnosed cases in America.



Type 2 Diabetes occurs when the body develops insulin resistance, the condition in which the body is unable to properly use the insulin. Type 2 diabetes is the most common form of diabetes diagnosed in America.



When the body cannot properly use insulin, cells become unable to use the glucose (that's the scientific word for sugar) in the blood stream. The result can lead to 2 potential problems. Your cells may be starved for energy and over time, high blood glucose levels may hurt your eyes, kidneys, nerves or heart.



These problems branch off into many different sub-problems, many of them can be deadly. These include heart disease, stroke, kidney disease, eye complications, foot complications, skin complications, gum disease, diabetic neuropathy, gastroparesis, and even depression.



However, do not feel discouraged, many people have lived long and full lives while having diabetes. With a plan that aims to balance the foods you eat with your exercise and, if needed with diabetes pills and insulin.



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Reported Deaths Cause Parents to Rethink Safety of Gardasil.

About 20 million people in the United States are currently infected with human papillomavirus, or HPV. Combined with the fact that kids these days are having sex at alarmingly early ages, many children are putting themselves more at risk to contracting a sexually transmitted disease (STD). The most common STD is not surprisingly HPV, which can cause genital warts, and even cervical caner.

However, earlier this year Gardasil was associated in 29 deaths and over 5,000 visits to the emergency room. This has left parents feeling very conflicted and worried about giving the vaccine to their daughters. Yet, the benefits from the vaccine do appear to outweigh the risk.

Gardasil prevents 4 types of HPV, one which causes cervical cancer, which the American Cancer Society estimates will appear in 11, 270 new cases, resulting in 4,070 deaths in 2009. Looking at the comparison of the deaths alone proves that the risk of becoming vaccinated, is significantly lower then the risk of leaving yourself vulnerable to HPV infection. Gardasil has the potential to save millions of lives and no one should ever forget that.

Doctors and Gardisil.com both encourage women, even if they have had the Gardasil vaccine, to still regularly receive pap tests to detect any abnormalities. Pap tests are recommended either 3 years after one has become sexually active, or at the age of 21, whichever occurs first, and continued from that time on.

Additionally, parents should consider talking with their kids about sex. Talk to your kids about both the positive and negative sides of sex. Teach them how to stay safe if they plan on becoming sexually active, and tell them about STD's. This not only teaches them important life lessons and how to keep themselves safe, but your child may feel more comfortable to tell you that they are sexually active when that time comes.

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Phase 1 Human Trials of Malaria Vaccine to Begin

Maryland-based company, Sanaria, winner of the Vaccine Industry Excellence Award for Best Early-Stage Vaccine Biotech, has recently been granted permission from the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to begin trial test on Human adult volunteers.


Malaria is caused by a parasite called Plasmodium, which multiplies in the liver and infects the red blood cells. Malaria, if not treated quickly, can turn fatal due to the disruption of the blood supply to vital organs.


The company hopes to develop and commercialize a malaria sporozoite vaccine against Plasmodium falciparum. Of the four different types of human malaria, Plasmodium falciparum is one of the most common and is the most deadly. The parasite is responsible for greater than 95 percent of malaria-associated severe illness and death world-wide.


Most malaria vaccines in clinical development are made genetically engineered proteins that represent small portions of the parasite however, Sanaria's vaccine is made of a weakened form of the whole malaria parasite. Other diseases such as, smallpox, polio, and measles are cured using this type of live vaccine.


According to the World Health Organization (WHO), half of the world's population is at risk of malaria, with 247 million cases of malaria in 2006 alone, causing one million deaths. With such a large portion of the world in danger of contracting malaria, the development of a vaccine to combat Plasmodium falciparum would have an unimaginable effect on the world and would save a significant number of human lives.


How to tell if you've been infected


The most common early symptoms of malaria are fever, headache, chills, and vomiting, which usually appear within 10-15 days after a person is infected. If treatment is not received quickly and effectively, the illness may become severe and very often result in death.


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