I think about the roles my children play because of diabetes, since childhood for them is anything but ordinary...
Tag: Children
If your child's going through puberty they need more insulin because of growth, not necessarily because they're eating too much or did something wrong...
While we wait and hope for a diabetes cure, we make the most of the technology that helps us manage our disease...
Diabetes technology has vastly improved in the last decade, and most people with diabetes who have the opportunity to wear an insulin pump or a continuous glucose monitor are grateful for the assistance they provide. But even with these advanced tools, the biggest burdens of diabetes - the insulin dosing and blood sugar testing - still lie on the person with diabetes or a caregiver.
The European Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) adopted a positive opinion on the extended use of Novo Nordisk’s basal insulin analogue, insulin detemir, in children with type 1 diabetes, aged two to five years. The CHMP decision was made after the review of data demonstrating that insulin detemir...
"Are you thirsty? Don't drink the bathwater, it's yucky. I'll get you something to drink." I walked into the kitchen, suddenly alert. With a sippy cup of chocolate milk in my hands
This year we added sessions specifically for adults with type 1 diabetes, and we expect to continue to do so...
Children with Diabetes (CWD) anounced that it has signed a two year partnership with Novo Nordisk to develop and distribute resources that will help newly diagnosed children with type 1 diabetes adjust to their new lifestyle. Every year approximately 15,600 children and adolescents in the United States are diagnosed with type 1 diabetes...
The Obama administration has taken a rare step and urged the California courts to allow school employees to administer insulin shots to the state's 14,000 diabetic schoolchildren if no nurses are available, according to the San Francisco Chronicle...
The conditions in Korle-Bu, a government-owned hospital, are poor. The sink water doesn't always run. Late one night during a heavy rainstorm, the ceiling leaked...