# Joslin Medalists and the Medals **URL:** https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/joslin-medalists-and-the-medals/6605 **Category:** Type 1 & LADA **Created:** [February 14, 2019, 6:46pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/joslin-medalists-and-the-medals/6605 "2019-02-14T18:46:54Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 5
### Author: ![Katers87](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a9adbd/32.png) [@Katers87](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Katers87) #### Post date: [February 14, 2019, 8:26pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/joslin-medalists-and-the-medals/6605/5 "2019-02-14T20:26:19Z")
Thanks for sharing this @Richard157. As always, you’re inspiring to us all! It’s exciting to read about the research Dr. George L. King is doing. I’m going to see if I can find some more information on it. > [@Richard157](#): > > On that front, King says they have discovered a way that naturally produced human insulin prevents arteriosclerosis. “Can we design an insulin to prevent arteriosclerosis?” King says. “I think this may be possible in the next five years." I think this quote is very interesting. We discussed a study about the increased heart disease risk in people with Type 1 D awhile back. I wonder if this attribute of naturally produced human insulin is the major contributor. > [@Crazy increased heart disease risk in T1Ds and how to mitigate that risk](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/crazy-increased-heart-disease-risk-in-t1ds-and-how-to-mitigate-that-risk/4966): > > Not sure if anyone here saw the recent study showing a 30-fold!!! risk of cardiovascular disease in T1Ds who have early onset of the disease: These are crazily high odds. (For those diagnosed at age 26 to 30, the odds are 3-fold higher – so being diagnosed young is just way worse for this particular complication) And for us, it’s especially concerning as Samson was diagnosed when he was not yet 2-years-old. And on both sides of his family, heart disease is a big problem (my dad, his grandm… --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/joslin-medalists-and-the-medals/6605)._