A scientific study published three years ago that claimed to have found breakthrough results in the search for a cure for diabetes has now been retracted.
The article titled Betatrophin: A Hormone that Controls Pancreatic Cell Proliferation was widely acclaimed when it was published back in 2013. According to researchers at that time, they had identified a new hormone that could help boost the secretion of insulin in diabetes patients, thereby making it unnecessary for patients to take insulin injections.
However, the group has now admitted that since then, research from another group has failed to replicate the findings of the earlier study. The earlier study had been conducted on rodents. Now, the researchers have voluntarily retracted their 2013 study, and have confirmed that their earlier conclusion was wrong.
Recovering Social Security disability benefits for diabetes can be tricky. People who suffer from diabetes may suffer from a number of complications, including eye problems, kidney damage, nerve damage, and high blood pressure. However, merely suffering from these complications will not ensure that you recover benefits. In order to recover benefits, you must prove that you have suffered from uncontrolled diabetes that has prevented you from going to work for at least 12 months. Alternately, you must be able to prove that your condition will leave you incapable of working for at least 12 months.
You also must show that you suffer from complications that severely limit your ability to work. Those complications could include diabetic retinopathy or blurred vision, severe kidney damage which requires you to undergo dialysis on a daily basis, or diabetic peripheral neuropathy or nerve damage or weakness in your legs, hands, arms and feet. For many patients, diabetes also leads to other conditions like cardiovascular disease and stroke. You may be eligible recover benefits if you suffer from these conditions.
If you suffer from diabetes, speak to Atlanta Social Security disability attorney Lisa Siegel and discuss your rights to a claim.