JDRF Wichita

Make sure to check out the June edition of Women's Focus for pictures from the JDRF Silent Auction for a Cure earlier this spring! You can pick up your free copy at Dillons stores in and around Wichita.

Want to know what it’s like to be in an artificial pancreas (AP) trial? Read “Testing an Artificial Pancreas System”, an interview with Tom Brobson, who recently participated in a JDRF-funded clinical trial. Tom relays his firsthand life-changing experiences in living with a functioning AP system: http://jdrf.org/blog/2013/testing-an-artificial-pancreas-system/

Testing an Artificial Pancreas System - JDRF: Improving Lives. Curing Type 1 Diabetes Testing an Artificial Pancreas SystemBy Lindsey Bewley McCannJune 5, 2013Living with type 1 diabetes (T1D) requires constant care and attention: blood-glucose monitoring, carbohydrate counting, insulin dosing, and monitoring for high and low blood-glucose levels. But new technology is changing T1D m...

Researchers have recently discovered a new hormone, betatrophin, that has the ability to promote the natural replication of insulin-producing beta cells. Read more about the discovery and its potential implications for beta cell replication and regeneration - one of JDRF’s research priorities. http://jdrf.org/blog/2013/discovery-of-new-hormone-may-impact-t1d/

Discovery of New Hormone May Impact T1D - JDRF: Improving Lives. Curing Type 1 Diabetes Discovery of New Hormone May Impact T1DBy mcookMay 16, 2013The media has come alive, exciting the type 1 diabetes (T1D) community, following the publication of findings of a new hormone in Cell on April 25. The previously unknown hormone, called betatrophin, was found in a mouse study to have the un...

The Department of Endocrinology at Children’s Mercy Hospital & Clinics is looking for participants in the following research studies:

1: Relatives of people with Type 1 diabetes have a 10-15 times greater risk for the disease than those with no family history. The Pathway to Prevention study provides no cost screening for the presence of diabetes-related auto-antibodies that may determine an increased risk of developing Type 1 diabetes. Relatives – parents, siblings and children ages 1-45 and half-siblin...gs, cousins, aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews ages 1-20 are eligible to be screened.
2: We are excited about conducting the Oral Insulin trial for those found to have positive insulin auto-antibodies. Results from a recent study suggest that oral insulin might delay or even prevent Type 1 diabetes in some people at risk (Skyler, JS et al.Diabetes Care 2005; 28:1068-76). Other studies are on the horizon!!

To be screened for the trial, CMH will be in Wichita on Thursday May 30 from 3pm-7pm and Friday May 31 from 10am-3pm.

Please call to schedule an appointment to avoid prolonged waiting periods!!

For more information and eligibility requirements, contact Renee Duprau, RN, MSN, CPN at (816)960-8942 or (888)563-3070 or [email protected]