Diabetes Mellitus

• Harry's Home BG Testing - How to test blood glucose at home in a diabetic cat or dog. Includes methods, test interpretation, comparison of meters, and links.
• Pet Diabetes Support Group - Includes health and nutrition articles, success stories, and a mailing list.
• Pets With Diabetes - Includes information about the disease, resources including support groups, personal experiences, and diabetic dogs in need of adoption.

• Canine Diabetes - Information for owners of canines with diabetes mellitus. Featuring Dr. Peter Graham and Dr. Jennifer Fry and the Rainbow Pet Diabetes Email List
• Diabetes Mellitus - Comprehensive information and illustrations for owners of a dog diagnosed with this ailment courtesy of Auburn University's College of Veterinary Medicine.
• Management of Molly's Canine Diabetes - Brief personal regimen of a young, diabetic, Old English Sheepdog (bobtail). Explains her diet, insulin and blood glucose monitoring.

ORIGINAL ARTICLE: Genotype Score in Addition to Common Risk Factors for Prediction of Type 2 Diabetes (New England Journal of Medicine)
The authors of this study genotyped single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) at 18 diabetes-associated loci in participants of the Framingham Offspring Study. A genotype score based on these risk alleles predicted new cases of diabetes but resulted in only a slightly better prediction of risk than knowledge of common risk factors alone.

Children of centenarians live longer, have lower risk of heart disease, stroke, diabetes (PhysOrg)
A recent study appearing in the November issue of Journal of American Geriatrics Society revealed that centenarian offspring (children of parents who lived to be at least 97 years old) retain important cardiovascular advantages from their parents compared to a similarly-aged cohort. The study is the first to assess the health of centenarian offspring over time and could be important for future ...

Children of Centenarians Live Longer, Have Less Heart Disease, Stroke Diabetes (Senior Journal)
Nov. 20, 2008 – Senior citizens, at some point, are no longer in awe of the pretty face or fat pocketbook – their envy turns to the centenarians, those among us who live to be 100 years old.

A tale of two ‘cousins’ (Daily News)
Some 160 million people across the world suffer from diabetes mellitus (DM). This number is likely to increase exponentially in the years to come.

ORIGINAL ARTICLE: Clinical Risk Factors, DNA Variants, and the Development of Type 2 Diabetes (New England Journal of Medicine)
Sixteen SNPs were determined and clinical factors examined in two Scandinavian cohorts that were followed for a median of 23.5 years. Type 2 diabetes developed in 11.7% of the subjects. The inclusion of common genetic risk factors, many of which impair the capacity of beta cells to increase insulin secretion, in risk models modestly improved the prediction of future type 2 diabetes.