Oh, Dr. Oz, what has happened that you are adding to the myths of diabetes? For you to say, "Type 1 is also called juvenile diabetes and you are born with it"
Category: Diabetes Advocacy
I give Oprah two thumbs up for the intervention she attempted a few days ago on her Oprah Winfrey Show, "Diabetes: America's Silent Killer."
The situation in Haiti continues to be dire, and there are hundreds of thousands of diabetics in Haiti who need help. The Haitian Foundation for Diabetes and Cardiovascular Diseases is working to get supplies and medicine to those in need.
Jay Cutler has not let type 1 diabetes hold him back from doing what he loves. Since being diagnosed after his second season in the NFL he has worked to help inspire children with diabetes to achieve their goals, and let them see that diabetes doesn't have to stop them from being who they want to be..
The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) announced that on January 15 2010, it will launch D-START (Diabetes, Supporting Translational Research and Twinning), an initiative that aims to support the development of innovative projects in low and middle- income countries...
Diabetic retinopathy is the leading cause of new cases of legal blindness in working-age Americans, and more than half of all people living with diabetes do not get the recommended annual dilated eye exams.
My background as a journalist has really helped me build out DiabetesMine into an information resource – as well as a networking place – for people affected by diabetes...
Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler visited the University of Chicago’s Kovler Diabetes Center on World Diabetes Day.
Cutler met with teenage diabetics to discuss his experience with diabetes. The quarterback recently recorded six videos that detail his experience with diabetes, its impact on his life and sports career, and how he manages the disease as a professional athlete...
Richard Lane, president of Diabetes UK, has Type 1 diabetes and was one of the first people in the UK to receive islet cell transplants.
November 14 is World Diabetes Day. On that day, at 14:00 hours (local time), thousands of people with diabetes will test their blood sugar, do 14 minutes of exercise, test again and share their results on TuDiabetes or on Twitter.
The event is called The Big Blue Test because blue is the color associated with World Diabetes Day.