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Type 1 Diabetes News

Type 1 Diabetes is a chronic condition in which your body loses the ability to produce insulin, which is necessary for most cells to convert food into energy and regulate blood sugar levels. 

A healthy, happy baby shows me how far we've come
Low Blood Sugar: View From the Bottom of the Well
In 2011, over 20,000 children (!) in North America attended more than 200 diabetes camping programs. As the 2012 summer camp registration process gears up, we were...
Irl B. Hirsch, MD, an internationally-recognized diabetes expert and former ADA Clinician of the Year, is a professor of medicine at the University of Washington School...
Jeff Hitchcock and the inspired, inspiring Children With Diabetes organization.
For those on or considering the basal insulin Lantus, a new disposable pen is out. Approved by the FDA on April 30, this new option for Lantus – called the SoloStar –...
diaTribe inspires me for many reasons
Brave steps into the high tech pump world.
Happy 2008!!
For people with diabetes, driving a car can be dangerous. According to a study of crash data from the United Kingdom, commercial truck drivers with diabetes had a three-...
Cutting through the information clutter in this issue.
There are times when we would rather just leave our ungainly diabetes equipment (and our diabetes for that matter) at home. While the latter isn't practical, aDorn...
Get smart - Intelligence from your doctor's recent diabetes meetings.
Symlin Makes You Smile - 9 hours, 9 months and the "Post-Sex Buzz."
Drug and device companies are increasingly using “direct-to-consumer” marketing to diabetic patients as well as to doctors and educators. As we’ve written, this can be a...
Caps off to this intensive manager, Phil Southerland.
Noted cardiologist, Dr. Nissen on Avandia.
Jenna Scarsi, a diabetes educator from the Chicago area with type 1 diabetes, recently won the Bayer Dream Fund, an annual $100,000 fellowship to help people accomplish...
Symlin: A Sleeper Drug Slowly Rises
Live from DT, EASD, AADE and TCOYD.

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