LADA Dibetes & Cure News

OK, folks. Thanks to Mom's tireless research and my constant pestering of the clinic doctors - although they proved to be useless and under-informed - it has been determined that I have LADA: Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults Researchers estimate about ten percent of adults with type 2 diabetes may actually have LADA. Doctors should suspect LADA when type 2 patients fail to respond to diet, exercise, and medications (hypoglycemic agents) within two to three years of their diagnosis, particularly when patients are younger and non-obese. It’s important to start insulin therapy as soon as it’s needed to keep blood sugar levels under control and reduce the risk of complications from diabetes. Unlike type 2 diabetes, which is usually seen in overweight patients, LADA can occur in adults who are of normal weight and have no family history of the disease. From: HealthBeat: Adult Type 1 Diabetes • By: Rebecca Somach:

Diamyd Medical (Reuter: Diam.st) is developing a GAD vaccine for insulin-dependent diabetes. The company reports that patient recruitment has been concluded, that all the patients have now received two vaccinations and that no negative safety indications have been reported for the vaccine so far. “We are now entering the final phase of our double-blind Phase II study. A few complementary vaccinations will be undertaken in February and we plan to issue a report of the results of the study in six to seven months,” says CEO Anders Essen-Möller. “ The first application of the diabetes vaccine is to prevent GAD-antibody positive diabetes patients being treated with tablets (so-called LADA patients) from developing insulin-dependent diabetes. From: News Online - Diamyd Medical - Press Releases

Some other very useful links concerning LADA are below: A long winded overview: LATENT AUTOIMMUNE DIABETES IN ADULTS (LADA) – OVERVIEW, EPIDEMIOLOGY, CURRENT ISSUES Medical Hope: LADA - Not just a slow motor vehicle but also an important subtype of slow onset diabetes type 1 in the adults