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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Doctors in Perth say they have found a way to prevent life-threatening seizures and comas in type 1 diabetes sufferers.
Professor Tim Jones from Princess Margaret Hospital says they have trialled an artificial "pancreas-like" pump that delivers and suspends insulin in diabetes patients.
People with diabetes can go into a potentially fatal coma if their blood-sugar levels get dangerously low.
The new pump can identify when that is occurring and suspend the supply of insulin.
Professor Tim Jones from the Endocrinology Department at Perth's Princess Margaret Hospital monitored 95 children with type 1 diabetes who were at high risk of hypoglycaemia.
http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/19247205/perth-doctors-develop-new-diabetes-pump/
Professor Tim Jones from Princess Margaret Hospital says they have trialled an artificial "pancreas-like" pump that delivers and suspends insulin in diabetes patients.
People with diabetes can go into a potentially fatal coma if their blood-sugar levels get dangerously low.
The new pump can identify when that is occurring and suspend the supply of insulin.
Professor Tim Jones from the Endocrinology Department at Perth's Princess Margaret Hospital monitored 95 children with type 1 diabetes who were at high risk of hypoglycaemia.
http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/19247205/perth-doctors-develop-new-diabetes-pump/