We are busy in Haiti. On Friday night, we left the diabetes camp at dusk – it is not safe to travel much after dark – just after the kids rambled off the bus and got settled in camp. Anxious to get back, we got up early Saturday morning and headed back up the mountain. Heading up this mountain in Haiti was like swimming against the...

Pop Quiz: Who is the largest single funder of diabetes research in the U.S.? Whose acronym graces grants across the scientific board, on projects looking at everything from genetics to treatments to complications to cures? It’s not the American Diabetes Association (ADA), and it’s not a corporation. The biggest name in diabetes research...

Will a “shock and scare” tactic get New Yorkers to kick their sugar habit?  The city’s “Don’t Drink Yourself Sick” public service announcement (PSA) is the latest installment in their “Pouring on the Pounds” health education campaign.It targets sugar-laden beverages as the cause of obesity,...

On January 12, 2010, an earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale devastated the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, and its surrounding areas.  Estimates say over two hundred thousand people died, and more than 1.5 million were left homeless in the immediate aftermath of the quake.  I heard first-hand about the devastation in Haiti...

As a child with diabetes, one of the most frightening reminders of the danger of the disease was the emergency glucagon kit. Not only was it a symbol of the terrifying risk of severe hypoglycemia, it also had a giant needle.  And as I look at the kit today, which I found after digging through some drawers, I have to agree with my childhood...

The International Diabetes Federation’s 20th World Diabetes Congress, currently meeting in Montreal, released new data that shows 285 million people worldwide have diabetes, with residents of low-and middle-income countries bearing the brunt of the epidemic.  Diabetes claims the lives of four million people a year, and is a leading...