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REGISTER TODAY! ACTIVATE THE FUTURE AACC’s Annual Meeting & Clinical Lab Expo is the perfect blend of industry-leading content and the latest technology trends. And with world-class speakers, groundbreaking education, and cutting-edge exhibits, it’s no surprise this is where the forward-facing will meet, share, learn, debate, discuss and discover. Register today! www.aacc.org/2015am 2015 AACC ANNUAL MEETING & CLINICAL LAB EXPO JULY 26-30, 2015 GEORGIA WORLD CONGRESS CENTER ATLANTA, GA • USA www.aacc.org/2015am www.healthcare-in-europe.com 17DIABETES OACH TO DIABETESDiabetes mellitus affects millions of people worldwide demic of the 21st century the Department of Medical Science at the Profil Institute for Metabolic Research in Neuss, Germany. Clinical studies, but also tests under daily life conditions in adults and children with diabetes type 1, have shown that the utilisation of these systems can reduce both hyper and hypogly- caemias considerably, particularly at night, he said. Forst went one step further: ‘We’re already on the brink of the availabil- ity of hormonal closed loop systems,’ he said. The first systems of this kind are currently being trialled. They would make it possible not only to activate insulin supply when blood glucose levels are too high, but also to stop the supply of insulin if hypo- glycaemia is imminent, activating the supply of glucagon instead. tainable way. The situation is exac- erbated by the fact that, within the past one or two decades, the number of child and adolescent diabetics has risen sharply. IDF estimates that, in Germany in 2007, 15,000 to 20,000 children under 15 had type II diabe- tes. Since then 2,500 new cases were reported every year, with an annual rate of increase of 4%. IDF assumes a global prevalence among children 0.02 percent, which translates into 450,000 children globally, with an annual increase of about 3%. Some European figures illustrate the problem: the highest incidence of type I diabetes in children under 15 years of age is found in Finland, with close to 58 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. The lowest figures were reported in Romania with 5.5 cases. Further countries reporting high inci- dence rates are Sweden (approx. 43 cases), Norway (32 cases), UK (29 cases), Germany (22 cases) and Spain (20.5 cases). Switzerland, France and Italy reported between 12 and 13 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. While DM diagnostics is ever more efficient and precise, and applied at an earlier age, it can and has to be the basis for intensive research of all relevant causes and issues that surround the disease, accompanied by better, more effective and earlier prevention cov- ering a broad range of leverage points from physical education in schools to nutrition. An initiative by a group of sci- entists who want to explore basic health research questions in a nation- al cohort is a step in the right direc- tion. They will, for example, question the effect of lifestyle on diabetes risk. The team plan to examine 200,000 people between 20 and 69 years in 18 centres all over the country, and collect data on their lifestyle. The aim is to improve prevention, early detection and treatment of chronic diseases such as diabetes, cancer, pul- monary and cardio-vascular diseases. Every fifth participant will be administered an oral glucose toler- ance test (OGTT) for early detection of diabetes. Experts assume that, despite all the well-known data, by far not all people suffering diabetes mellitus are diagnosed. A significant number of unreported and/or unde- tected cases is expected. Constantine the African, a doctor in the Berber Zirid era in the 11th century, examines patients’ urine Source:PublicDomain m left: Andrey Zeyfang, rst

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