Artificial pancreas effectively controls type 1 diabetes in children age 6 and up:
"A clinical trial at four pediatric diabetes centers in the United States has found that a new artificial pancreas system -- which automatically monitors and regulates blood glucose levels -- is safe and effective at managing blood glucose levels in children as young as age six with type 1 diabetes.
The trial was funded by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), part of the National Institutes of Health. Results from the trial were published August 26 in the New England Journal of Medicine."
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/08/200826175653.htm
It really is! Not all young children can emotionally or physically handle multiple blood sugar checks all day long much less the insulin injections.
It was amazing when the insulin pump was created as it regulated a lot of that but as more and more young children are diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes it's a huge burden on school office staff, daycare or teachers to have to be responsible for testing abd giving shots to early elementary kids. (We have not had school nurses in Oregon in my grown kids lifetimes)
So an artificial pancreas will be such a blessing for so many children whose Ives and life spans can seriously suffer from lack of insulin availability and affordability. Let's hope they all get Healthcare and more and more help through science and technology as well!
I am still processing the fact that your schools do not have nurses. When I was a teacher, back in the day, the elementary school I taught at shared a nurse with a sister school. You had to hope a broken arm happened when she was present.
That was in California. Here in AZ, our local district has a nurse present in each school and so did the district for which my daughter previously taught.
This is great news for Type 1 diabetes sufferers everywhere. They are often ignored in both research and treatment in that more resources are used for Type 2. I understand why, because Type 1 is only about 7% of all diabetes, while Type 2 makes up the vast majority of cases.
My sister is Type 1 (got it when she was 5, and she is 39 now). She had to go through life with blood checkers and needles in a world where diabetes (all types) was practically nonexistent in schools. She had to watch classroom parties with cupcakes and cokes and was often forgotten in that nothing was offered to her as a substitute. The only ones who cared was the cafeteria cooks, who always gave my sister an extra piece of fruit or something similar in place of whatever sweet dessert they were serving that day. (God bless them!)
Things have changed, and diabetes is far more prevalent now. Due to my sister's age and how long it takes for treatments to be available, I doubt she will ever be able to rake advantage of this treatment. But we are happy that future generations may be saved.
I knew it would. Sorry but so true. We had a small room big enough for one tiny cot and if a kid had a bad accident or was throwing up etc. They put them to rest there with door open to office.
One of my kids (very petite young 1st or 2nd grader at the time) fell from play area vertical ladder. A reading aid checked her (only teacher aid we had circulated all classes) said she was just shook up/ scared but not crying. They called home I was running errands called neighbor contact just to let her know. She went and brought her to her house as she'd know the moment i was home.
Good thing! I took her to dr. She'd broken her femur and badly plus it turned out way later, her arm. Bedridden, full leg cast for 6 weeks. Eensy tiny walker 3 more months.
Budgeting money for schools/education in a state where 75% of voters are retired. Blood out of a turnip until they legalized Native Americans right to own/operate casinos. They donate to causes like schools. Absurdly sad but very true.
Someone always has some things in life easier and better. Someone else always has it the opposite.
Virus Protection Surface Spray May Work for 7 Days on Planes
"American Airlines is testing a newly approved antimicrobial protective coating that is able to make the coronavirus inactive on aircraft surfaces for up to seven days.
The odorless, transparent protectant, called SurfaceWise2, was developed by the Dallas-based Allied BioScience, which specializes in antimicrobial coatings for use in public spaces.
The company says “the non-toxic coating is applied via an electrostatic spray to provide always-on protection on treated surfaces” and “continuously kill 99.9 percent of viruses.”
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved its use in Texas, where American Airlines is based, under an emergency public health exemption (Texas-based Total Orthopedic Sport & Spine also will be allowed to try the product). But Allied BioScience is seeking approval for SurfaceWise2 to be used throughout the U.S. and in a wide range of settings."
I can't like that at all, so very sad and not ethical. Or moral. this needs to change, yesterday.
Indeed!
When we talk about undervalued educational standards it is often compromised by less health focused standards as well.
Oregon does have its own Oregon Health Plan for individuals or gor families earning below specific wage levels and it has been a Godsend for those battling life threatening diseases.
But our schools inevitably suffer under legislation that does pass and repeatedly fails under those proposed.
Getting back to positive science and health items of interest as well as concern to many a new discovery enables adult skin to regenerate like a newborn's. Imagine the future possibilities for burn victims alone. Certainly hoping and praying this research continues!
"In a study, published in the journal eLife on Sept. 29, the researchers identified a factor that acts like a molecular switch in the skin of baby mice that controls the formation of hair follicles as they develop during the first week of life.
The switch is mostly turned off after skin forms and remains off in adult tissue. When it was activated in specialized cells in adult mice, their skin was able to heal wounds without scarring.
The reformed skin even included fur and could make goose bumps, an ability that is lost in adult human scars.
"We were able to take the innate ability of young, neonatal skin to regenerate and transfer that ability to old skin," said Driskell, an assistant professor in WSU's School of Molecular Biosciences.
"We have shown in principle that this kind of regeneration is possible."
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/09/200929123512.htm