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Sanford study to ID kids’ risk for diabetes, celiac disease

Sanford study to ID kids’ risk for diabetes, celiac disease

Grant from the Helmsley Charitable Trust will provide screenings for children
Jon Berg 7 min read
Artificial intelligence helps spot diabetes risk

Artificial intelligence helps spot diabetes risk

Patient charts tell physicians why a patient may be prone to type 2 diabetes
Carson Walker 6 min read
Telehealth improves blood sugar for rural diabetes patients

Telehealth improves blood sugar for rural diabetes patients

Staying in touch over the phone can help manage treatment between clinic visits
Courtney Collen 10 min read
How does diabetes affect my pregnancy?

How does diabetes affect my pregnancy?

Diabetes influences the health of both mom and baby during pregnancy.
Peter Klemin, MD 5 min read
Free senior program helps patient overcome prediabetes

Free senior program helps patient overcome prediabetes

Bridging Health and Home program available in Webster, S.D., and Mayville, N.D.
SHN Staff 7 min read
What to do if your little one has type 1 diabetes

What to do if your little one has type 1 diabetes

Learn how to manage your child’s diabetes.
Tracie Newman, MD 4 min read
Gestational diabetes facts and what the test entails

Gestational diabetes facts and what the test entails

Trouble controlling your blood sugars during pregnancy?
Lacey Krebsbach, MD 6 min read
Phase 2 type 1 diabetes clinical trial hits halfway point

Phase 2 type 1 diabetes clinical trial hits halfway point

The Sanford Project: T-Rex Study, a Phase 2 clinical trial conducted collaboratively by Sanford Health and Caladrius Biosciences, Inc., (Caladrius)(Nasdaq: CLBS), has reached the halfway point for enrollment and treatment. The project is studying the potential of CLBS03, Caladrius’ cell therapy consisting of each patient’s own regulatory T cells, or Tregs, to help the body […]
SHN Staff 6 min read

Body’s own cells are focus of type 1 diabetes clinical trial

Sanford Health is collaborating with Caladrius Biosciences, Inc., a New Jersey-based cell-therapy company, on a clinical trial that explores whether increasing the number of a person’s regulatory T cells (Treg cells) can help adolescents fight newly onset type 1 diabetes. The trial, known as “The Sanford Project: T-Rex Study” (NCT02691247), tests the safety and effectiveness […]
SHN Staff 5 min read

Sanford Project committed to finding Type 1 Diabetes cure

Sanford Project researchers have reached a critical milestone in a clinical trial testing a combination of two medications to determine if the drugs can help patients with type 1 diabetes keep their blood glucose levels under control with less or no insulin. In the trial termed REPAIR-T1D, two FDA-approved drugs, sitagliptin and lansoprazole, are evaluated […]
SHN Staff 5 min read