San Diego boasts one of the most cutting-edge scientific and biotech communities in the nation, and diabetes doesn’t get overlooked by the local clinical and research organizations. San Diego is home to diabetes-focused corporations like Amylin Pharmaceuticals and Dexcom, patient care groups like Taking Care of Your Diabetes and the Behavioral Diabetes Institute, and innovative research institutions like the La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology and the Sanford Burnham Medical Research Institute. So you can imagine...

The American Diabetes Association (ADA) issued a statement expressing extreme disappointment in the California Court of Appeal ruling in the case of American Nurses Association et al. v. O’Connell, which prevents non-medical school personnel from volunteering to administer insulin to California schoolchildren who are not yet able to self-manage their disease. The ADA said children with diabetes are in danger as a result of this ruling, because there are not enough nurses or other licensed health care professionals available...

March 23rd is Diabetes Alert Day. It’s a one day “wake-up” call, sponsored by the American Diabetes Association (ADA), for Americans to see if they have type 2 diabetes or are at risk. Almost 24 million Americans have diabetes, (9 out of 10 have type 2), and almost six million of them don’t know they have it. Plus, those numbers are rapidly rising. To find out if you’re at risk, or may already have type 2 diabetes or pre-diabetes, take the Diabetes Risk Test. You can take it right now and I encourage...

American Diabetes Month is a time to communicate the seriousness of diabetes and the importance of diabetes prevention and control.  This year the American Diabetes Association has launched a national movement, Stop Diabetes,  to confront diabetes, fight it, and most importantly, stop it. On the Stop Diabetes website, you’ll find a collection of online educational videos which offer diabetics practical tips and advice for living well with diabetes and avoiding complications.  Video topics include weight management tips, exercise...