Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
PEOPLE in the Chard and Ilminster area with a relative who has type 1 diabetes are being asked to take part in a study that hopes to find ways of preventing it.
The diabetes and paediatric teams at Musgrove Park Hospital want to screen at least 245 people with a family history of the disease as they are 15 times more likely to develop it.
It is hoped screening relatives of people with the condition will lead to a better understanding of how it develops and therefore find ways to prevent it.
To take part in the study, people should be aged three to 45 with a brother, sister, child or parent with type 1 diabetes or three to 20 if they have a cousin, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, half-brother, half-sister or grandparent with the condition.
http://www.thisisthewestcountry.co...._people_hoped_to_take_part_in_diabetes_study/
The diabetes and paediatric teams at Musgrove Park Hospital want to screen at least 245 people with a family history of the disease as they are 15 times more likely to develop it.
It is hoped screening relatives of people with the condition will lead to a better understanding of how it develops and therefore find ways to prevent it.
To take part in the study, people should be aged three to 45 with a brother, sister, child or parent with type 1 diabetes or three to 20 if they have a cousin, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, half-brother, half-sister or grandparent with the condition.
http://www.thisisthewestcountry.co...._people_hoped_to_take_part_in_diabetes_study/