Tracey Brown, the CEO of the American Diabetes Association (ADA), has called on Congress to improve protections for peop…
Diabetes Advocacy
How Can We Explain the Alarming Rise of Type 1 Diabetes in Kids?
Rates of childhood Type 1 diabetes are exploding. Why aren’t we freaking out about this?
New statistics show that …
A Firefighter with Type 1 Diabetes Discovers Low Carb
This is Part 2 of Kyle Kondoff’s incredible story. In Part 1, Kyle described how he first perceived the symptoms of Type…
Type 1 Diabetes Up 30% Since 2017, According to CDC Report
Aaron J. Kowalski, Ph.D., President and CEO of JDRF has issued a statement based on two new reports issued by the Center…
Happy Anniversary: 10 Years of ASweetLife (and a giveaway)
Dear Readers,
For the past several months, I’ve been lucky to work for ASweetLife as a writer and editor. Before I began…
T1International’s Report on Insulin Prices Around the World
In a time when the insulin price crisis in America has become a such prominent news story, it’s easy to lose sight of th…
Robin Cressman wants to Liberate Insulin
On June 13, the New York Times published a video op-ed with a stark title: “We Either Buy Insulin or We Die.” The video …
Lawmakers Offer Different Solutions to Insulin Pricing Crisis
The high price of insulin has now become a political issue not to be ignored. Last month, when a “caravan” of Americans …
Project 50-in-50: Hiking to the Highest U.S. Peaks with Type 1 Diabetes
How would you go about proving that anything is possible with Type 1 diabetes? Outdoorsmen Patrick Mertes and Michael Sh…
Some of My Favorite Diabetes Memes
We all know that having diabetes or caring for someone who has diabetes can be challenging day in and day out. That’s wh…
